Malaria transmission dynamics at a site in northern Ghana proposed for testing malaria vaccines

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 164-170

  Appawu, Maxwell ^a   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^b,f   Dadzie, Samuel ^a   Asoala, Victor ^b   Anto, Francis ^b   Koram, Kwadwo ^a   Rogers, William ^a,d   Nkrumah, Francis ^a   Hoffman, Stephen L ^c   Fryauff, David J ^e  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c SANARIA INC   (United States)

^d US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Anophelines; Ecological sites; Malaria; Northern Ghana; Transmission; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALARIA; VACCINATION;

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES RUFIPES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; GHANA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INOCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GHANA; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SPOROZOITES; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; GHANA; KASSENA-NANKANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UPPER EAST REGION; WEST AFRICA;

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES PHAROENSIS; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 10744226627     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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