Malaria incidence in Limpopo Province, South Africa, 1998-2007

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gerritsen, Annette A M ^a   Kruger, Philip ^b   Van Der Loeff, Maarten F Schim ^c   Grobusch, Martin P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b Limpopo Provincial Government   (South Africa)

^c Department of Research ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; RATING SCALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; AGED; ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 51849089173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-162     Document Type: Article

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