Hypoendemic malaria in rondonia (Brazil, Western Amazon Region): Seasonal variation and risk groups in an urban locality

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-38

  Aranha Camargo, Luis Marcelo ^a   Duccini Dal Colletto, Gloria Maria ^a   Ferreira, Marcelo Urbano ^a   De Mello Gurgel, Sergio ^a   Escobar, Ana Lucia ^b   Marques, Agostinho ^c   Krieger, Henrique ^a   Camargo, Erney Plessmann ^a   Pereira Da Silva, Luiz Hildebrando ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RONDONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029680240     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.32     Document Type: Article

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