Epidemiology of malaria in New Halfa, an irrigated area in eastern Sudan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 499-504

  Himeidan, Y El S ^a   Elbashir, M I ^b   El Rayah, El A ^b   Adam, Ishag ^c  

^a University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c New Halfa Hospital   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DESERT CLIMATE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 33645284418     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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