Plasmodium falciparum and hepatitis B virus co-infection - A rare cause of acute hepatitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-253

  Rai, Ramesh Roop ^a   Jain, Pankaj ^a  

^a SMS Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; QUININE; URSOCHOLIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LETTER; MALAISE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIXED INFECTION; NAUSEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRURITUS; RIGOR; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 70149108397     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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