COVID-19 and Plasmodium ovale Malaria: A Rare Case of Co-Infection |
Caglar, Bilge
(Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine)
Karaali, Ridvan (Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine) Balkan, Ilker Inanc (Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine) Mete, Bilgul (Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine) Aygun, Gokhan (Department of Microbiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine) |
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