First report of detection and molecular confirmation of Plasmodium ovale from severe malaria cases in central India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1416-1420

  Singh, R ^a   Jain, V ^b   Singh, P P ^b   Bharti, P K ^a   Thomas, T ^b   Basak, S ^c   Singh, N ^a  

^a Regional Medical Research Center for Tribals   (India)

^b Malaria Clinic   (India)

^c District Malaria Office   (India)

Author keywords

Central India; Forest; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium ovale

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANEMIA; DISEASE CONTROL; HOMOLOGY; MALARIA; RESEARCH; VILLAGE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN MALARIA; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VOMITING;

BASTAR; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

CENTRAL INDIA; FOREST; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84886288934     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12184     Document Type: Article

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