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Prolonged parasite clearance in a Chinese splenectomized patient with falciparum malaria imported from Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The spleen plays a pivotal role in the rapid clearance of parasitized red blood cells in patients with falciparum malaria after artemisinin treatment. Prolonged parasite clearance can be found in patients who have had a splenectomy, or those with hemoglobin abnormalities and/or reduced i...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5379605/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28372588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-017-0259-5 |