No influence of socioeconomic factors on severe malarial anaemia, hyperparasitaemia or reinfection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 478-481

  Luckner, D ^a,b,c   Lell, B ^a,b   Greve, B ^a,b   Lehman, L G ^a,b   Schmidt Ott, R J ^a,b   Matousek, P ^b,c   Herbich, K ^b,c   Schmid, D ^b,c   Mba, R ^b   Kremsner, P G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gabon; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Socioeconomic risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GABON; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 13144261749     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90882-3     Document Type: Article

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