Laboratory markers of disease severity in Plasmodium knowlesi infection: A case control study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Willmann, Matthias ^a,b   Ahmed, Atique ^b   Siner, Angela ^b   Wong, Ing Tien ^c   Woon, Lu Chan ^d   Singh, Balbir ^b   Krishna, Sanjeev ^b,e   Cox Singh, Janet ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^c Sibu Hospital   (Malaysia)

^d Pathology Laboratory   (Malaysia)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria pigment; Parasitaemia; Plasmodium knowlesi; Platelet count; Severity markers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BORNEO; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMEPROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTROPHILS; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLATELET COUNT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867900940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-363     Document Type: Article

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