Impact of asymptomatic malaria on some hematological parameters in the iwo community in southwestern nigeria

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 459-463

  Igbeneghu, Christopher ^a   Odaibo, Alex B ^b   Olaleye, David O ^c  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b Parasitology Unit   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic malaria; Blood donors; Hematological parameters

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960534934     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327673     Document Type: Article

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