Infant parasite rates and immunoglobulin M seroprevalence as a measure of exposure to Plasmodium falciparum during a randomized controlled trial of insecticide-treated bed nets on the Kenyan coast

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 144-149

  Snow, Robert W ^a,b,e   Molyneux, Catherine S ^a,b   Warn, Peter A ^b   Omumbo, Judith ^a   Nevill, Chris G ^c   Gupta, Sunetra ^d   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029763241     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.2.tm0550020144     Document Type: Article

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