Platelet count and parasite density: Independent variable in Plasmodium vivax malaria

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-192

  Kochar, Dhanpat Kumar ^a   Tanwar, Gajanand Singh ^b   Agrawal, Renu ^b   Kochar, Shilpi ^a   Tanwar, Gayatri ^a   Falodia, Swati Kochar ^b   Kochar, Abhishek ^b   Middha, Sheetal ^b   Kochar, Sanjay Kumar ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Parasite density; Plasmodium vivax; Platelet; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITE DENSITY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID MALARIA DIPSTICK TEST; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868005903     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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