Longitudinal cohort study of the epidemiology of malaria infections in an area of intense malaria transmission I. Description of study site, general methodology, and study population

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 635-640

  Bloland, P B ^a   Ruebush, T K ^a   McCormick, J B ^a   Ayisi, J ^b   Boriga, D A ^b   Oloo, A J ^b   Beach, R ^a   Hawley, W ^a,b   Lal, A ^a   Nahlen, B ^a,b   Udhayakumar, V ^a   Campbell, C C ^c  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032926161     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.635     Document Type: Article

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