Malaria morbidity in Sindh and the plasmodium species distribution

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 646-649

  Murtaza, Ghulam ^a,d   Memon, Iqbal Ahmed ^a   Memon, Abdul Rauf ^a   Lal, M N ^b   Kallar, Nawaz Ali ^c  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c Malaria Control Programme   (Pakistan)

^d Dastagir Society   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Incidence; Malaria; Malaria control; Plasmodium falciparum; Prevalence; Roll back malaria; Vivax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 70349088249     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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