Effect of topography on th risk of malaria infection in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 400-408

  Balls, M J ^a   Bodker R ^b   Thomas, C J ^a   Kisinza, W ^c   Msangeni, H A ^c   Lindsay, S W ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Highland malaria; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Spatial analysis; Tanzania; Topography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PREDICTION; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA; TOPOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SPLENOMEGALY; TANZANIA; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 3242673618     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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