Multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection in asymptomatic children in Senegal: Relation to transmission, age and erythrocyte variants

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vafa, Manijeh ^a   Troye Blomberg, Marita ^a   Anchang, Judith ^a,b   Garcia, André ^c,d   Migot Nabias, Florence ^c,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^d UR 010 ^*  (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

AGE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIPLICITY OF INFECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENEGAL; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HEALTH; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MUTATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MUTATION; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SENEGAL; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 40749089227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-17     Document Type: Article

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