Laboratory diagnosis of malaria in nonhuman primates

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-19

  Ameri, Mehrdad ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemozoin; Malaria; Nonhuman primate; Plasmodium; Rapid diagnostic tests

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; MACACA; MALARIA; MARMOSET; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; MACACA; MALARIA; MONKEY DISEASES; PLASMODIUM;

PRIMATES;

EID: 77954358503     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2010.00217.x     Document Type: Review

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