Nutritional and socio-economic factors associated with Plasmodium falciparum infection in children from Equatorial Guinea: Results from a nationally representative survey

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Custodio, Estefanía ^a   Descalzo, Miguel Ángel ^b   Villamor, Eduardo ^c   Molina, Laura ^d   Snchez, Ignacio ^a   Lwanga, Magdalena ^d   Bernis, Cristina ^e   Benito, Agustín ^a   Roche, Jess ^a  

^a Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^b Research Unit   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Hospital Regional de Malabo   (Equatorial Guinea)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; COLOSTRUM; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; GUINEA; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70449447889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-225     Document Type: Article

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