Plasmodium knowlesi infection imported to Germany, January 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 40, 2013, Pages

  Orth, H ^a   Jensen, B O ^a   Holtfreter, M C ^a   Kocheril, S J ^a   Mallach, S ^a   MacKenzie, C ^a   Muller Stover I ^a   Henrich, B ^a   Imwong, M ^b   White, N J ^c   Haussinger D ^a   Richter, J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PIPERACILLIN; PROCALCITONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; GERMANY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPORT DISEASE; OLIGURIA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84885219711     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.40.20603     Document Type: Article

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