Effects of acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria on body weight in children in an endemic area

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-349

  Sowunmi, Akintunde ^a,b   Gbotosho, Grace O ^a   Adedeji, Ahmed A ^a   Fateye, Babasola A ^a   Sabitu, Morenikeji F ^a   Happi, Christian T ^a   Fehintola, Fatai A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34250857049     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0494-y     Document Type: Article

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