Social and cultural aspects of 'malaria' and its control in central Côte d'Ivoire

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Essé, Clémence ^a,b   Utzinger, Jürg ^c   Tschannen, Andres B ^b   Raso, Giovanna ^d,e   Pfeiffer, Constanze ^c   Granado, Stefanie ^c   Koudou, Benjamin G ^a,b   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^a,b   Cissé, Guéladio ^b   Girardin, Olivier ^f   Tanner, Marcel ^c   Obrist, Brigit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f Fondation Rurale Interjurassienne Courtemelon ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CASSIA SIAMEA EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BARK; BED NET; CASSIA SIAMEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOSQUITO; PAPAYA; PLANT LEAF; SOCIAL STATUS; AFRICAN MEDICINE; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049120540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-224     Document Type: Article

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