Increased detection of Plasmodium knowlesi in Sandakan division, Sabah as revealed by PlasmoNex™

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Goh, Xiang Ting ^a   Lim, Yvonne Al ^a   Vythilingam, Indra ^a   Chew, Ching Hoong ^a   Lee, Ping Chin ^b   Ngui, Romano ^a   Tan, Tian Chye ^a   Yap, Nan Jiun ^a   Nissapatorn, Veeranoot ^a   Chua, Kek Heng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREVALENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880946327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-264     Document Type: Article

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