Interactions between age and ITN use determine the risk of febrile malaria in children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Bejon, Philip ^a,b   Ogada, Edna ^a   Peshu, Norbert ^a   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROARTEMISININ; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA VACCINE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949496851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008321     Document Type: Article

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