Field epidemiological studies on malaria in a low endemic area in the Philippines

Acta Tropica

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-256

  Belizario, V Y ^a   Saul, A ^e   Bustos, M D G ^b   Lansang, M A ^b   Pasay, C J ^b   Gatton, M ^c   Salazar, N P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d 420/6 Rajvithi Road   (Thailand)

^e NONE

Author keywords

field epidemiology; gametocytes; malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; serology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0030899428     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00624-9     Document Type: Article

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