The burden of malaria in Ahmedabad city, India: A retrospective analysis of reported cases and deaths

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 793-802

  Yadav, R S ^a   Bhatt, R M ^a   Kohli, V K ^b   Sharma, V P ^c  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0346731035     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803225002642     Document Type: Article

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