Plasmodium knowlesi in human, Indonesian Borneo

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 672-674

  Figtree, Melanie ^a   Lee, Rogan ^b   Bain, Lisa ^c   Kennedy, Tom ^a   Mackertich, Sonia ^a   Urban, Merrill ^d   Cheng, Qin ^c   Hudson, Bernard J ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Mona Vale Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LEUKOPENIA; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL;

ADULT; BORNEO; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; TRAVEL;

EID: 77950644742     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1604.091624     Document Type: Article

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