Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Nigerian children during high and low transmission seasons: Gametocyte carriage and response to oral chloroquine

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 288-294

  Adedeji, Ahmed A ^b   Fehintola, F A ^a   Fateye, B A ^a   Happi, T C ^a   Amoo, A O J ^b   Gbotosho, G O ^a   Sowunmi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASONS;

EID: 27144507835     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi016     Document Type: Article

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