Malaria in a tertiary health care facility of Central India with special reference to severe vivax: Implications for malaria control

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 299-304

  Jain, Vidhan ^a   Agrawal, Avyact ^b   Singh, Neeru ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Central India; Plasmodium vivax; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; DIAZEPAM; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIURETIC THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SHOCK; SPLEEN INFARCTION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887083271     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/204777213X13777615588180     Document Type: Article

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