Plasmodium malariae Infection Associated with a High Burden of Anemia: A Hospital-Based Surveillance Study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Langford, Siobhan ^a   Douglas, Nicholas M ^a,b   Lampah, Daniel A ^c   Simpson, Julie A ^d   Kenangalem, Enny ^c,e   Sugiarto, Paulus ^f   Anstey, Nicholas M ^a,g   Poespoprodjo, Jeanne Rini ^c,e,h   Price, Ric N ^a,i  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c Papuan Health and Community Development Foundation   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Mimika District Health Authority   (Indonesia)

^f Rumah Sakit Mitra Masyarakat ^*  (Indonesia)

^g ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL; INDONESIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953248404     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004195     Document Type: Article

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