Malaria epidemiology, glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and human settlement in the Vanuatu Archipelago

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-302

  Kaneko, Akira ^a,g   Taleo, George ^b   Kalkoa, Morris ^b   Yaviong, James ^b   Reeve, Paul A ^c   Ganczakowski, Mary ^d   Shirakawa, Chihiro ^e   Palmer, Kevin ^f   Kobayakawa, Takatoshi ^a   Björkman, Anders ^g  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Malaria Section   (Vanuatu)

^c VILA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Vanuatu)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MALARIA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION RATE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; VANUATU;

VANUATU;

EID: 0032581442     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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