Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria in a Greek schoolgirl of the Attica region

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Loupa, Chariclia V ^a   Tzanetou, Konstantina ^b   Kotsantis, Ioannis ^a   Panopoulos, Stylianos ^a   Lelekis, Moyssis ^a  

^a AMALIA FLEMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autochthonous; Greece; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; MEFLOQUINE; PARACETAMOL; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; GREECE; HEADACHE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SMELLING DISORDER; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84857130458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-52     Document Type: Article

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