An efficacy trial of a malaria vaccine in Gambian infants and comparison with insecticide-treated bednets

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-378

  D'Alessandro, U ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MALARIA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; GAMBIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029813046     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813066     Document Type: Article

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