Seasonal profiles of malaria infection, anaemia, and bednet use among age groups and communities in northern Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 793-802

  Koram, Kwadwo A ^a   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^b   Fryauff, David J ^c   Anto, Francis ^b   Atuguba, Frank ^b   Hodgson, Abraham ^b   Holfman, Stephen L ^d   Nkrumah, Francis K ^a  

^a University of Ghana Legon   (Ghana)

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SANARIA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Bednet; Fever; Ghana; Irrigation; Malaria; Parasitaemia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; MALARIA VACCINE;

ANEMIA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; MALARIA; SEASONALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GHANA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PARENT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; GHANA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

GHANA;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042235761     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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