Longitudinal cohort study of the epidemiology of malaria infections in an area of intense malaria transmission II. Descriptive epidemiology of malaria infection and disease among children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 641-648

  Bloland, P B ^a   Boriga, D A ^b   Ruebush, T K ^a   McCormick, J B ^a   Roberts, J M ^a   Oloo, A J ^b   Hawley, W ^a,b   Lal, A ^a   Nahlen, B ^a,b   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

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032955906     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.641     Document Type: Article

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