Standardizing estimates of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Smith, David L ^a,d   Guerra, Carlos A ^b,c   Snow, Robert W ^b,c   Hay, Simon I ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^d University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 36048934939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-131     Document Type: Article

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