Household risk factors for malaria among children in the Ethiopian highlands

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-21

  Ghebreyesus, Tedros A ^a   Haile, Mitiku ^b   Witten, Karen H ^a   Getachew, Asefaw ^a   Yohannes, Mekonnen ^b   Lindsay, Steven W ^c,d   Byass, Peter ^e,f  

^a Tigray Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animals; Ethiopia; Highland malaria; Housing; Hypoendemic; Malaria; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033998102     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90424-3     Document Type: Article

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