C-reactive protein in children with malaria in Luanda, Angola: A prospective study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 535-537

  Pelkonen, Tuula ^a,b   Albino, Antonia ^a   Roine, Irmeli ^c   Bernardino, Luis ^a   Peltola, Heikki ^b  

^a Hospital Pediatrico David Bernardino   (Angola)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Child; Developing country; Luanda; Malaria

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANGOLA; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84939528405     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv046     Document Type: Article

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