Malaria in rural Mozambique. Part I: Children attending the outpatient clinic

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Guinovart, Caterina ^a,b   Bassat, Quique ^a,b   Sigaúque, Betuel ^b,c   Aide, Pedro ^b,c   Sacarlal, Jahit ^b,d   Nhampossa, Tacilta ^b,c   Bardají, Azucena ^a,b   Nhacolo, Ariel ^b   Macete, Eusébio ^b,e   Mandomando, Inácio ^b,c   Aponte, John J ^a,b   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^c Instituto Nacional de Sade   (Mozambique)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e NONE   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CALCULATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOMETRY; HEMATOCRIT; HISTORY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MOZAMBIQUE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARASITEMIA; PEDIATRICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RURAL AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 40949104035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-36     Document Type: Article

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