Epidemiological situation of malaria in Madagascar: Baseline data for monitoring the impact of malaria control programmes using serological markers

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-167

  Razakandrainibe, Romy ^a   Thonier, Vincent ^a   Ratsimbasoa, Arsène ^a   Rakotomalala, Emma ^a   Ravaoarisoa, Elisabeth ^a   Raherinjafy, Rogelin ^a   Andrianantenaina, Herilalaina ^a   Voahanginirina, Odette ^a   Rahasana, Tiana Eugénie ^a   Carod, Jean François ^a   Domarle, Olivier ^a   Menard, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Antibody; Circumsporozoite protein; Control strategies; Ethnic group; Madagascar; Malaria; Merozoite surface protein 1; P. falciparum; P. malariae; P. vivax

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN ANTIBODY; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; BASELINE SURVEY; BIOMARKER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA; MONITORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MONITORING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 67349160197     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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