High prevalence and gender bias in distribution of Plasmodium malariae infection in central east-coast India

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-333

  Dhangadamajhi, G ^a   Kar, S K ^a   Ranjit, M R ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74549157221     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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