Epidemic malaria in the highlands of Papua New Guinea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 554-560

  Mueller, Ivo ^a,b   Namuigi, Pioto ^a   Kundi, Julius ^c   Ivivi, Rex ^a   Tandrapah, Tony ^d   Bjorge, Steven ^e   Reeder, John C ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Malaria Surveillance and Control Unit   (Papua New Guinea)

^d Eastern Highland Division of Health   (Papua New Guinea)

^e National Department of Health   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 20544457847     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.554     Document Type: Article

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