The role of low level Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in anaemia among infants living in an area of intense and perennial transmission

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-333

  Kitua, A Y ^a,b   Smith, T A ^b   Alonso, P L ^c   Urassa, H ^a   Masanja, H ^a   Kimario, J ^a   Tanner, M ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

anaemia; infants; intense transmission; parasite density; Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030900755     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00147.x     Document Type: Article

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