Malaria in infants below six months of age: Retrospective surveillance of hospital admission records in Blantyre, Malawi

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Larru, Beatriz ^a,b,c   Molyneux, Elizabeth ^c   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^a,d   Taylor, Terrie ^e   Molyneux, Malcolm ^a,c   Terlouw, Dianne J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 76749108057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-310     Document Type: Article

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