Detection of asymptomatic malaria infection among the Afghani immigrant population in Iranshahr district of southeastern Iran

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-323

  Nateghpour, M ^a   Akbarzadeh, K ^a   Farivar, L ^a   Amiri, A ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Iranshahr Health Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Afghani immigrants; Asymptomatic; Iran; Middle South Asia; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Symptomatic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 80054946247     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13149-011-0134-8     Document Type: Article

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