Unstable malaria in Sudan: The influence of the dry season. Malaria in areas of unstable and seasonal transmission. Lessons from Daraweesh

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 589-592

  Theander, T G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Sudan; Transmission

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGE; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SUDAN;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032427091     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90775-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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