Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriage, emergence, clearance and population sex ratios in anaemic and non-anaemic malarious children

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 562-569

  Gbotosho, Grace Olusola ^a   Sowunmi, Akintunde ^a   Okuboyejo, Titilope Modupe ^a   Happi, Christian Tientcha ^a   Michael, Obaro Stanley ^a   Folarin, Onikepe Abiola ^a   Adewoye, Elsie Olufunke ^b  

^a Institute for Medical Research and Training   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Gametocytes; Plasmodium falciparum; Sex ratio; Transmission

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 80052731776     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000500008     Document Type: Article

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