An observational study of malaria in British travellers: Plasmodium ovale wallikeri and Plasmodium ovale curtisi differ significantly in the duration of latency

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Nolder, Debbie ^a   Oguike, Mary C ^b   Maxwell Scott, Hector ^b,c   Niyazi, Hatoon A ^b   Smith, Valerie ^a   Chiodini, Peter L ^a,c   Sutherland, Colin J ^a,b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFE CYCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM OVALE CURTISI; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM OVALE WALLIKERI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84878433313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002711     Document Type: Article

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