Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 224-230

  Singh, Balbir ^a   Daneshvar, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clinical and laboratory features; Epidemiology; Malaria; Plasmodium knowlesi; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREATHING RATE; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALAISE; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY; MOSQUITO; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSE RATE; REVIEW; RIGOR; VOMITING;

EID: 79251570563     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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