Salmonella Typhi and Plasmodium falciparum co-infection in a 12-year old girl with haemoglobin e trait from a non-malarious area in Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 529-531

  Chowdhury, Fahmida ^a   Chisti, Mohammod J ^a,b   Khan, Ahmadul H ^c   Chowdhury, Mohammad A ^d   Pietroni, Mark A C ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^c NONE   (Bangladesh)

^d International Medical College   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Haemoglobin E; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Salmonella Typhi; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SALMO; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN E;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN E; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 78349297499     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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