The epidemiology of malaria in adults in a rural area of southern Mozambique

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mayor, Alfredo ^a,b   Aponte, John J ^a,b   Fogg, Carole ^b,c   Saúte, Francisco ^d   Greenwood, Brian ^c   Dgedge, Martinho ^d   Menendez, Clara ^a,b   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOZAMBIQUE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33846991258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-3     Document Type: Article

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