Incidence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in infants in relation to exposure to sporozoite-infected anophelines

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-251

  Charlwood, J D ^a   Smith, T ^b   Lyimo, E ^a   Kitua, A Y ^a   Masanja, H ^a   Booth, M ^b   Alonso, P L ^c   Tanner, M ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031689548     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.243     Document Type: Article

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