The malaria and typhoid fever burden in the slums of Kolkata, India: data from a prospective community-based study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 725-733

  Sur, Dipika ^a   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^b   Manna, Byomkesh ^a   Dutta, Shanta ^a   Deb, Alok K ^a   Sarkar, Banwari Lal ^a   Kanungo, Suman ^a   Deen, Jacqueline L ^b   Ali, Mohammad ^b   Kim, Deok Ryun ^b   Gupta, Vinay Kumar ^b   Ochiai, R Leon ^b   Tsuzuki, Ataru ^b   Acosta, Camilo J ^b   Clemens, John D ^b   Bhattacharya, Sujit K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; India; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Salmonella Typhi; Typhoid fever; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD FILTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NAUSEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEIZURE; SEROTYPE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN AREA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN HEALTH;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 33745077685     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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