Mixed-species Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium ovale malaria in a paediatric returned traveller

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Senn, Heather ^a   Alattas, Nadia ^b   Boggild, Andrea K ^a,c,d   Morris, Shaun K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malaria; Mixed species; Paediatric; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium ovale; Rapid diagnostic test; Traveller

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHILL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; SUMMER; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; GHANA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84898543645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-78     Document Type: Article

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