Malaria seroprevalence in blood bank donors from endemic and non-endemic areas of Venezuela

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-129

  Contreras, Carmen Elena ^a   de Donato, Marcos ^b   Rivas, María Ana ^a   Rodulfo, Hectorina ^b   Mora, Robert ^c   Batista, María Eulalia ^a   Marcano, Norka ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^c Banco de Sangre   (Venezuela)

^d Hosp Univ Ruiz y Páez   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Diagnosis; Malaria; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 79955436081     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000200002     Document Type: Article

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