Plasmodium knowlesi: Clinical presentation and laboratory diagnosis of the first human case in a Scottish traveler

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 357-360

  Cordina, Claire J ^a   Culleton, Richard ^b   Jones, Brian L ^a   Smith, Catherine C ^c   MacConnachie, Alisdair A ^c   Coyne, Michael J ^a   Alexander, Claire L ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALAWI; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; NAUSEA; NURSING STUDENT; OUTPATIENT; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL; TROPHOZOITE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; BLOOD; BORNEO; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA;

ADULT; BORNEO; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCOTLAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 84906702824     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12131     Document Type: Article

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