Hide and seek: Hematological aspects of malaria - A developing country perspective

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-279

  Haroon, Hussain ^a   Fazel, Pyar A ^a   Naeem, Muhammad ^a   Mobin, Ahsan ^a   Naqvi, Ali H ^a   Makki, Karimullah ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood indices; Malaria; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; BENFLUMETOL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875195792     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2332     Document Type: Article

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