A country-wide malaria survey in Mozambique. I. Plasmodium falciparum infection in children in different epidemiological settings

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mabunda, Samuel ^a,b   Casimiro, Sónia ^a,b   Quinto, Llorenç ^c,d   Alonso, Pedro ^c,d  

^a National Malaria Control Programme   (Mozambique)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^d Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55349124625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-216     Document Type: Article

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