Relapsing relapsing vivax malaria cluster in Eritrean refugees, Israel, June 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2010, Pages

  Kopel, E ^a   Schwartz, E ^b   Amitai, Z ^a   Volovik, I ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPORIATRICS; ERITREA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRIMARY INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGEE; RELAPSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDAN;

EID: 77954617711     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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