Absence of malaria-specific mortality in children in an area of hyperendemic malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 562-566

  Maitland, K ^a,b   Williams, T N ^a   Peto, T E A ^a   Day, K P ^b   Clegg, J B ^a   Weatherall, D J ^a   Bowden, D K ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Malaria; Morbidity; Mortality; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MELANESIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0030693658     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90026-2     Document Type: Article

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