Malaria transmission and morbidity

Parassitologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 241-246

  Marsh, K ^a,b   Snow, R W ^b,c  

^a KEMRI Ctr Geogr Med Res Coast   (Kenya)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaemia; Cerebral malaria; Immunity; Malaria; Malaria control; Mortality; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MORTALITY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA;

EID: 0033181764     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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