A study of the urban malaria transmission problem in Khartoum

Acta Tropica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-171

  El Sayed, Badria Babiker ^a   Arnot, David E ^b   Mukhtar, Maowia M ^c   Baraka, Omer Z ^d   Dafalla, Asim A ^a   Elnaiem, Dia Eldin A ^e   Nugud, Abdel Hamid D ^d  

^a TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Epidemic risk; Seasonal transmission; Sudan; Urban malaria

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALARIA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SUDAN; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SUDAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EGYPT;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0034712437     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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