Urban malaria risk in sub-Saharan Africa: Where is the evidence?

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 135-137

  Byrne, Neville ^a  

^a BRITISH AIRWAYS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence; Focal malaria transmission; Malaria; Population parasitism; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRPLANE CREW; ANOPHELES; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33846903160     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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