The long and short incubation periods of plasmodium vivax malaria in Korea: The characteristics and relating factors

Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-193

  Kim, Sun Ja ^a   Kim, Si Heon ^b,c   Jo, Soo Nam ^b   Gwack, Jin ^a   Youn, Seung Ki ^a   Jang, Jae Yeon ^c  

^a Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incubation period; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; KOREA; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884214235     PISSN: 20932340     EISSN: 20926448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3947/ic.2013.45.2.184     Document Type: Article

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