A prospective study of Plasmodium falciparum multiplicity of infection and morbidity in Tanzanian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 687-694

  Henning, L ^a   Schellenberg, D ^b,c   Smith, T ^a   Henning, D ^a   Alonso, P ^c   Tanner, M ^a   Mshinda, H ^b   Beck, H P ^a   Felger, Ingrid ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Risk factors; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

AGE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TANZANIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 5144227604     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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