Severe malaria among children in a low seasonal transmission area, Dakar, Senegal: Influence of age on clinical presentation

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-24

  Imbert, P ^a   Sartelet, I ^a   Rogier, C ^b   Ka, S ^a   Baujat, G ^a   Candito, D ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Age; Anaemia; Cerebral malaria; Children; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Prevalence; Senegal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENEGAL; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031058088     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90380-1     Document Type: Article

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