Child mortality and malaria transmission intensity in Africa

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 145-149

  Smith, Tom A ^a   Leuenberger, Regula ^a   Lengeler, Christian ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANEMIA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035011163     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(00)01814-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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