Malaria morbidity, treatment-seeking behaviour, and mortality in a cohort of young children in rural Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 290-296

  Müller, Olaf ^a   Traoré, Corneille ^b   Becher, Heiko ^a   Kouyaté, Bocar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Ctr de Rech en S de Nouna   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkina Faso; Cerebral malaria; Chloroquine; Diarrhoea; Malaria; Malnutrition; Mortality; Treatment seeking behaviour

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIPYRETIC ANALGESIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FANSIDAR; PARACETAMOL; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; BURKINA FASO; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTIMALARIALS; BURKINA FASO; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RURAL HEALTH;

BURKINA FASO;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0242500856     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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