Risk factors for malaria deaths in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India: Evidence for further action

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sarkar, Jagannath ^a   Murhekar, Manoj V ^a   Shah, Naman K ^b   Van Hutin, Y ^a,c  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WHO India Country Office   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENOTANE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BED NET; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEATH; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SURVIVOR; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949123246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-133     Document Type: Article

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