Burden of malaria during pregnancy in areas of stable and unstable transmission in Ethiopia during a nonepidemic year

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1765-1772

  Newman, Robert D ^a,b   Hailemariam, Afework ^c   Jimma, Daddi ^c   Degifie, Abera ^d   Kebede, Daniel ^c   Rietveld, Aafje E C ^e   Nahlen, Bernard L ^e   Barnwell, John W ^a   Steketee, Richard W ^a   Parise, Monica E ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^d Oromia Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; STILLBIRTH; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0037526579     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374878     Document Type: Article

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