Prevalence of malaria from peripheral blood smears examination: A 1-year retrospective study from the Serbo Health Center, Kersa Woreda, Ethiopia

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 171-176

  Karunamoorthi, Kaliyaperumal ^a,b   Bekele, Mammo ^a  

^a Unit of Vector Biology and Control   (Ethiopia)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blood film examination; Ethiopia; Kersa Woreda; Malaria; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449525596     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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