Relation between Plasmodium falciparum asymptomatic infection and malaria attacks in a cohort of Senegalese children

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Le Port, Agnès ^a   Cot, Michel ^a   Etard, Jean François ^a   Gaye, Oumar ^b   Migot Nabias, Florence ^c   Garcia, André ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c Université Cheikh Anta Diop ^*  (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTOR; SENEGAL; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SENEGAL;

EID: 53949120643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-193     Document Type: Article

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