Effect of transmission setting and mixed species infections on clinical measures of malaria in Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Bruce, Marian C ^a   Macheso, Allan ^b   Kelly Hope, Louise A ^c   Nkhoma, Standwell ^d   McConnachie, Alex ^e   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50649116786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002775     Document Type: Article

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