Malaria parasite burden and treatment seeking behavior in ethnic communities of Assam, Northeastern India

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-139

  Dev, V ^a   Phookan, S ^a   Sharma, V P ^a   Dash, A P ^a   Anand, S P ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles minimus; Drug resistance; Malaria; P. vivax; Plasmodium falciparum; Prevention and control; Transmission dynamics; Treatment seeking behavior

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARTEMISIN DERIVATIVE; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CORTICOSTEROID; FANSIDAR; PARACETAMOL; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 31344443349     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.033     Document Type: Article

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