The epidemiology of malaria in Rondonia (Western Amazon region, Brazil): Study of a riverine population

Acta Tropica

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Camargo, Luis M A ^a   Noronha, Elza ^b   Salcedo, Juan M Villalobos ^a   Dutra, Araripe P ^c   Krieger, Henrique ^a   Pereira Da Silva, Luis Hildebrando ^a   Camargo, Erney Plessmann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Epidemiology; Malaria; Plasmodium; Riverine populations; Rondonia

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RIVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; RAIN; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032944089     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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