Helminth-infected patients with malaria: A low profile transmission hub?

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nacher, Mathieu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Anemia; Asymptomatic; Coinfection; Immunomodulation; Malaria; Transmission; Vector; Worms

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DURATION; GAMETOCYTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INCIDENCE; PARASITE LOAD; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; PARASITE LOAD; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84868712638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-376     Document Type: Review

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