Burden of malaria at community level in children less than 5 years of age in Togo

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 622-629

  Eliades, M James ^a   Wolkon, Adam ^a   Morgah, Kodjo ^b   Crawford, Sara B ^a   Dorkenoo, Ameyo ^b   Sodahlon, Yao ^b   Hawley, William A ^a   Hightower, Allen W ^a   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^c   Terlouw, Dianne J ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Programme National de Lutte Contre le Paludisme   (Togo)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; QUININE; INSECTICIDE; RAIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOGO; BED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEVER; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANEMIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RAIN; TOGO;

EID: 33750610687     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.622     Document Type: Article

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