Seasonal patterns of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte prevalence and density in a rural population of Burkina Faso

Acta Tropica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-34

  Ouédraogo, André Lin ^a,c,d   de Vlas, Sake J ^b   Nébié, Issa ^a   Ilboudo Sanogo, Edith ^a   Bousema, J Teun ^c   Ouattara, Aboubakar S ^d   Verhave, Jan Peter ^c   Cuzin Ouattara, Nadine ^a   Sauerwein, Robert W ^c  

^a Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Falciparum; Gametocyte; Malaria; Season; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRY SEASON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAMETOGENESIS; MALARIA; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LARVAL STAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 37249010741     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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