Human Plasmodium knowlesi: An emerging infection presented with severe thrombocytopenia

International Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-310

  Mohamed, Zeehaida ^a   Roshan, Tariq Mahmood ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dengue; Plasmodium knowlesi; Simian malaria; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 74049114238     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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