Uncommon manifestation of a mixed-species malaria infection: Cryptic falciparum malaria in a traveler with successfully treated tertian malaria

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-135

  Menner, Nikolai ^a   Borchert, Matthias ^a   Dieckmann, Sebastian ^a   Ignatius, Ralf ^a   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLOROQUINE; CREATININE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; PRIMAQUINE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHLOROQUINE; COINFECTION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PRIMAQUINE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858440265     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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