Plasmodium vivax malaria: related factors to severity in the State of Maranhão, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax species has shown signs of severity, recorded with increasing frequency in the medical literature. This study aimed to characterize the signs of severe malaria by Plasmodium vivax in the State of Maranhão, Brazil. METHODS: A des...

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Main Authors: Camila Cristina Bastos Silva Raposo, João Barberino Santos, Gisele Maria Campelo dos Santos, Eloísa da Graça do Rosário Gonçalves, Antonio Rafael da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000100067&lng=en&tlng=en