The role of some risk factors of exposure to malaria in determining the outcome of the immunofluorescent antibody test in an urban population

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 480-483

  Ng’Andu, Nicholas H ^a   Watts, Theressa E E ^b   Wray, John ^b   Siziya, Seter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c Tropical Diseases Research Centre Ndola   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PROTOZOON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URBAN POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0024335226     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(89)90255-1     Document Type: Article

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