Association of transmission intensity and age with clinical manifestations and case fatality of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria

JAMA

Volumn 293, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1461-1470

  Reyburn, Hugh ^a,b   Mbatia, Redempta ^b   Drakeley, Chris ^a   Bruce, Jane ^a   Carneiro, Ilona ^a   Olomi, Raimos ^b   Cox, Jonathan ^a   Nkya, W M M M ^b   Lemnge, Martha ^c   Greenwood, Brian M ^a   Riley, Eleanor M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 20144382348     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.12.1461     Document Type: Article

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