The relationship between the Plasmodium falciparum parasite ratio in childhood and climate estimates of malaria transmission in Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Omumbo, Judith A ^a,b   Hay, Simon I ^a,b   Guerra, Carlos A ^b   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRONICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; NEWBORN; PARASITE; PEDIATRICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4844221572     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-3-17     Document Type: Review

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