Differences in presentation of severe malaria in urban and rural Gabon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1015-1019

  Issifou, Saadou ^a,b   Kendjo, Eric ^c   Missinou, Michel A ^a,b   Matsiegui, Pierre Blaise ^a,b   Dzeing Ella, Arnaud ^c   Dissanami, Frédéric A ^c   Kombila, Maryvonne ^c   Krishna, Sanjeev ^a,d   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GABON; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE; ANEMIA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GABON; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 39049114169     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.1015     Document Type: Article

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