A parasitological and serological study in Malaria suspected patients in Hormozgan Province, Southeastern Iran

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-246

  Nateghpour, M ^a   Turki, H ^b   Keshavarz, H ^a   Edrissian, Gh H ^a   Mohebali, M ^a   Foroushani, A Rahimi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agreement; Iran; Malaria; Microscopical; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Serological

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA;

EID: 77953238356     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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