Individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection in Amhara, Oromia and SNNP regions of Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1211-1220

  Graves, Patricia M ^a   Richards, Frank O ^a   Ngondi, Jeremiah ^a,b   Emerson, Paul M ^a   Shargie, Estifanos Biru ^a   Endeshaw, Tekola ^a   Ceccato, Pietro ^c   Ejigsemahu, Yeshewamebrat ^a   Mosher, Aryc W ^a   Hailemariam, Afework ^d   Zerihun, Mulat ^a   Teferi, Tesfaye ^a   Ayele, Berhan ^a   Mesele, Ayenew ^a   Yohannes, Gideon ^a   Tilahun, Abate ^a   Gebre, Teshome ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Ethiopia; Malaria; Mosquito net; Spraying; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BED NET; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LONG LASTING IMPREGNATED NET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO NETS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 70350617822     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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