Travel histories as risk factors in the analysis of urban malaria in Colombia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 380-386

  Osorio, Lyda ^a   Todd, Jim ^b   Bradley, David J ^b  

^a International Center for Medical Research and Training   (Colombia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TIME; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 7644228919     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.380     Document Type: Article

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