Evidence of decline of malaria in the general hospital of Libreville, Gabon from 2000 to 2008

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bouyou Akotet, Marielle Karine ^a,b   Mawili Mboumba, Denise Patricia ^a   Kendjo, Eric ^a,d   Mabika Mamfoumbi, Modeste ^a,b   Ngoungou, Edgard Brice ^a,b   Dzeing Ella, Arnaud ^b   Pemba Mihindou, Mireille ^b   Ibinga, Euloge ^a,b   Efame Eya, Emmanuel ^b   Planche, Tim ^e   Kremsner, Peter G ^c,d   Kombila, Maryvonne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LIBREVILLE   (Gabon)

^c ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; GABON; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLIMATE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GABON; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 74849107512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-300     Document Type: Article

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