Malariometric update for the rainforest and savanna of Ashanti region, Ghana

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-22

  Browne, E N L ^a   Frimpong, E ^a   Sievertsen, J ^b   Hagen, J ^b   Hamelmann, C ^a   Dietz, K ^c   Horstmann, R D ^b   Burchard, G D ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOREST; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MASS SCREENING; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033982096     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2000.11813509     Document Type: Article

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