Molecular evaluation of the natural history of asymptomatic parasitemia in Ugandan children.

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Published in J Infect Dis on May 24, 2004

Authors

Sammuel L Nsobya1, Sunil Parikh, Fred Kironde, George Lubega, Moses R Kamya, Philip J Rosenthal, Grant Dorsey

Author Affiliations

1: Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda.

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