Treatment uptake by individuals infected with Plasmodium falciparum in rural Gambia, West Africa

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 790-796

  Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a   Clarke, Siân ^b   Alexander, Neal ^c   Manneh, Fandingding ^d   Doherty, Tom ^c,e   Pinder, Margaret ^e   Walraven, Gijs ^e   Greenwood, Brian ^c  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Health   (Gambia)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Antimalarials therapeutic use; Cross sectional studies; Gambia; Households; Malaria, Falciparum drug therapy diagnosis; Parasitemia epidemiology; Patient acceptance of health care; Plasmodium falciparum pathogenicity; Rural population; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

HEALTH CARE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; RURAL POPULATION;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL HEALTH;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0036035975     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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