Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 322-328 , May 2004

Seasonal variation in hyperparasitaemia and gametocyte carriage in patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria on the Thai–Burmese border

  • Mathieu Nacher

      Affiliations

    • Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, P.O. Box 46, Mae Sot, Tak 63110, Thailand
    • Unite d’Epidemiologie des Maladies Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
    • Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +66-55-531-531; fax: +66-55-535-440.
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  • Verena Ilona Carrara

      Affiliations

    • Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, P.O. Box 46, Mae Sot, Tak 63110, Thailand
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  • Elizabeth Ashley

      Affiliations

    • Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, P.O. Box 46, Mae Sot, Tak 63110, Thailand
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  • Rose McGready

      Affiliations

    • Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, P.O. Box 46, Mae Sot, Tak 63110, Thailand
    • Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
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  • Robert Hutagalung

      Affiliations

    • Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, P.O. Box 46, Mae Sot, Tak 63110, Thailand
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  • Jacher Viladpai Nguen

      Affiliations

    • Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, P.O. Box 46, Mae Sot, Tak 63110, Thailand
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  • Kyaw Lay Thwai

      Affiliations

    • Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, P.O. Box 46, Mae Sot, Tak 63110, Thailand
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  • Sornchai Looareesuwan

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • François Nosten

      Affiliations

    • Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, P.O. Box 46, Mae Sot, Tak 63110, Thailand
    • Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK

Received 11 June 2003 ,Revised 6 October 2003 ,Accepted 10 October 2003.

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PII: S0035-9203(04)00012-4

doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.10.005

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 322-328 , May 2004

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