The Epidemiology of Malaria in Prábis, Guinea-Bissau

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-19

  Gonçalves, Aldina ^a   Ferrinho, Paulo ^a   Dias, Francisco ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Lab Nac de Saúde Pub   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Guinea Bissau; Malaria

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029685289     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761996000100002     Document Type: Article

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