The epidemiology of clinical malaria among African children

Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-23

  Snow, R W ^a,b,c   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Child; Control; Immunity; Malaria; Review

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MALARIA VACCINE; MALOPRIM;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; BRAIN MALARIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031921627     PISSN: 00202452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-2452(98)80025-0     Document Type: Review

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