Epidemiology of highland malaria in Western Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 253-259

  Arness, M K ^a,b,e   Bradshaw, R D ^b   Biomndo, K ^c   Shanks, G D ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Brooke Bond Central Hospital   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e Ramstein Air Base   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 10344238844     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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