Prevalence and distribution of human Plasmodium infection in Pakistan

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Khattak, Aamer A ^a   Venkatesan, Meera ^b,c   Nadeem, Muhammad F ^d,e   Satti, Humayoon S ^a   Yaqoob, Adnan ^e   Strauss, Kathy ^b   Khatoon, Lubna ^a   Malik, Salman A ^a   Plowe, Christopher V ^b,c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Malaria; Pakistan; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883092620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-297     Document Type: Article

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