Febrile status, malarial parasitaemia and gastro-intestinal helminthiases in schoolchildren resident at different altitudes, in south-western Cameroon

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-118

  Achidi, E A ^a   Apinjoh, T O ^a   Mbunwe, E ^a   Besingi, R ^a   Yafi, C ^a   Wenjighe Awah, N ^a,b   Ajua, A ^a   Anchang, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE;

ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEASONS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERMES;

EID: 44449127286     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X252287     Document Type: Article

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