Comparison of asymptomatic plasmodium spp. infection in two malaria-endemic colombian locations

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-136

  Cucunubá, Zulma Milena ^a   Guerra, Ángela Patricia ^a   Rivera, Jorge Alonso ^a   Nicholls, Rubén Santiago ^a  

^a Mycobacteria Group   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infections; Colombia; Malaria; Microscopy; Plasmodium; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880455905     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs021     Document Type: Article

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