African children with malaria in an area of intense Plasmodium falciparum transmission: Features on admission to the hospital and risk factors for death

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 431-438

  Schellenberg, David ^e   Menendez, Clara ^a   Kahigwa, Elizeus ^b   Font, Fidel ^e   Galindo, Claudia ^e   Acosta, Camilo ^e   Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong ^a,c   Aponte, John J ^a   Kimario, John ^d   Urassa, Honarathi ^d   Mshinda, Hassan ^d   Tanner, Marcel ^c   Alonso, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b St Francis Designated District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TACHYPNEA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032819158     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.431     Document Type: Article

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