Review of cases with the emerging fifth human malaria parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1356-1362

  Kantele, Anu ^a,b,c   Jokiranta, T Sakari ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; DOXYCYCLINE; QUININE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MALARIA; MEDICAL ERROR; MICROSCOPY; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 79957524665     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir180     Document Type: Review

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