Systematic Review of Sub-microscopic P. vivax Infections: Prevalence and Determining Factors

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cheng, Qin ^a,b   Cunningham, Jane ^c   Gatton, Michelle L ^b,d  

^a Drug Resistance and Diagnosticsn Army Malaria Institute   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEALTH; MALARIA, VIVAX; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROCEDURES;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84922248920     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003413     Document Type: Article

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