High prevalence of asymptomatic plasmodium infection in a suburb of Aba Town, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-45

  Eke, Reginald A ^a,b   Chigbu, Lawrence N ^a   Nwachukwu, W ^a  

^a ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Frank Agu Memorial Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Control programme; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33749347571     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 15963519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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