Cross-sectional study defines difference in malaria morbidity in two yanomami communities on Amazonian boundary between Brazil and Venezuela

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-376

  Marcano, Teodardo José ^a   Morgado, Anastácio ^a   Tosta, Carlos Eduardo ^b   Coura, José Rodrigues ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Brazil; Immunity; Malaria; Morbidity; Yanomami Amerindians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; VENEZUELA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 3242703499     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000400005     Document Type: Article

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