Clinical and epidemiological profiles of severe malaria in children from Delhi, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-116

  Kaushik, Jaya Shankar ^a   Gomber, Sunil ^a   Dewan, Pooja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Child; India; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84860568534     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v30i1.11291     Document Type: Article

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