Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the first year of life in an area of intense and perennial transmission

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 475-484

  Kitua, A Y ^a   Smith, T ^b   Alonso, P L ^c   Masanja, H ^a   Urassa, H ^a   Menendez, C ^a   Kimario, J ^a   Tanner, M ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fever; Immunity; Infection; Malaria; Parasitaemia; Plasmodium falciparum; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TANZANIA;

INFANT HEALTH; MALARIA TRANSMISSION; MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH;

TANZANIA, IDETE;

EID: 0029669645     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-89.x     Document Type: Article

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