Epidemiology of Plasmodium-helminth co-infection in Africa: Populations at risk, potential impact on anemia, and prospects for combining control

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2007, Pages 88-98

  Brooker, Simon ^a   Akhwale, Willis ^b   Pullan, Rachel ^a   Estambale, Benson ^c   Clarke, Siân E ^a   Snow, Robert W ^d   Hotez, Peter J ^e  

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

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 40049097142     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.88     Document Type: Article

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