Malaria infection in infancy in rural Malawi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 71-76

  Slutsker, Laurence ^a   Khoromana, Charles O ^b   Hightower, Allen W ^d   Macheso, Alan ^b   Wirima, Jack J ^c   Breman, Joel G ^e   Heymann, David L ^f   Steketee, Richard W ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AFRICA; BLOOD SMEAR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 0029681104     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.71     Document Type: Article

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