Plasmodium vivax malaria: Is it actually benign?

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-95

  Singh, Harpal ^a   Parakh, Ankit ^a   Basu, Srikanta ^a   Rath, Bimbadarh ^a  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Plasmodium vivax; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; LIVER ENZYME; UREA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INFANT; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 79958248294     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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