An analysis of the geographical distribution of severe malaria in children in Kilifi District, Kenya

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 323-329

  Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong ^a,d   Newell, James N ^a   Snow, Robert W ^b,c   Mung'ala, Victor ^b   Marsh, Kevin ^b,c   Smith, Peter G ^a   Hayes, Richard J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Geographical information system; Kenya; Mapping; Severe malaria; Space time clustering; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DISTANCE; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; KENYA; MALARIA; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; YOUTH;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 0031946294     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.2.323     Document Type: Article

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