The epidemiology of febrile malaria episodes in an area of unstable and seasonal transmission

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 645-651

  Giha, Haider A ^a,b   Rosthoj, Susanne ^a   Dodoo, Daniel ^a,c   Hviid, Lars ^a   Satti, Gwiria M H ^b   Scheike, Thomas ^a   Arnot, David E ^d   Theander, Thor G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Haemoglobin genotype; Malaria; Morbidity; Plasmodium falciparum; Risk factors; Sudan

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDAN; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033660434     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90218-9     Document Type: Article

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