Relationship between malaria infection intensity and rainfall pattern in Entebbe peninsula, Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-245

  Odongo Aginya, Emmanuel ^a   Ssegwanyi, G ^b   Kategere, P ^a   Vuzi, P C ^b  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLIMATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UGANDA;

EID: 33747242693     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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