4. Age dependence of the multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections and of other malariological indices in an area of high endemicity

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 15-20

  Smith, T ^a   Beck, H P ^a   Kitua, A ^a   Mwankusye, S ^a   Felger, I ^a   Fraser Hurt, N ^a   Irion, A ^a   Alonso, P ^a   Teuscher, T ^a   Tanner, M ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Malaria; msp2 gene; Multiple infection; Plasmodium falciparum; Prevalence; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALARIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SUPERINFECTION; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; FEVER; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 0033069312     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90322-X     Document Type: Article

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