Malaria parasitaemia in relation to HIV status and vitamin A supplementation among pre-school children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1051-1061

  Villamor, Eduardo ^a   Fataki, Maulidi R ^b   Mbise, Roger L ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

HIV; Malaria; Pre school children; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

CHILD HEALTH; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALARIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0348107362     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-2276.2003.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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