Epidemiology of malaria in the forest-savanna transitional zone of Ghana

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a,b   Asante, Kwaku Poku ^a   Adjuik, Martin ^c   Adjei, George ^a   Awini, Elizabeth ^d   Adams, Mohammed ^a   Newton, Sam ^a   Dosoo, David ^a   Dery, Dominic ^a   Agyeman Budu, Akua ^a   Gyapong, John ^e   Greenwood, Brian ^b   Chandramohan, Daniel ^b  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^d Dodowa Health Research Centre   (Ghana)

^e Health Research Unit Ghana Health Service   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOREST; GENE; GHANA; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SAVANNA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; TEMPERATURE; AGED; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RURAL POPULATION; TREE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE VECTORS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TREES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350354719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-220     Document Type: Article

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