The role of imported cases in the epidemiology of urban Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Quibdó, Colombia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-341

  Osorio, L ^a,b,c   Todd, J ^b   Pearce, R ^b   Bradley, D J ^b  

^a International Center for Medical Research and Training   (Colombia)

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

^c CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Epidemiology; Migration; Population genetics; Urban malaria

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MOLECULAR MARKER;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; MIGRATION; PARASITE; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTOZOAN; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

CHOCO; COLOMBIA; QUIBDO; SOUTH AMERICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33847106881     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01791.x     Document Type: Article

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