Relationships between malaria prevalence and malaria-related morbidity in school children from two villages in central Africa

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-102

  Deloron, Philippe ^a,b   Ringwald, Pascal ^c   Luty, Adrian J F ^d   Renaut, Andre ^b   Minh, Trinh Ngoc ^b   Mbessy, Jean Robert ^e   Millet, Pascal ^f  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^c Inst Francais Rech Sci pour le D   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e Saint Andre Hospital   (Cameroon)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; GABON; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032788763     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.99     Document Type: Article

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