Vector-related case-control study of severe malaria in Kilifi District, Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 781-785

  Mbogo, Charles N M ^a   Kabiru, Ephantus W ^b   Glass, Gregory E ^c   Forster, Dayo ^a,d   Snow, Robert W ^a,d   Khamala, Canute P M ^e   Ouma, John H ^b   Githure, John I ^a   Marsh, Kevin ^a,d   Beier, John C ^f  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MALARIA; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032960334     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.781     Document Type: Article

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