Impact of different strategies to control Plasmodium infection and anaemia on the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Pardo, Gema ^a   Descalzo, Miguel Angel ^a   Molina, Laura ^b   Custodio, Estefanía ^a   Lwanga, Magdalena ^b   Mangue, Catalina ^b   Obono, Jaquelina ^b   Nchama, Araceli ^b   Roche, Jesús ^a   Benito, Agustín ^a   Cano, Jorge ^a,b  

^a Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Equatorial Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PARASITE CONTROL; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33646342493     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-10     Document Type: Article

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