Malaria epidemiology in the Democratic Republic of East Timor

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-287

  de Almeida, Afonso ^a,b   do Rosário, Virgílio E ^b   Arez, Ana Paula ^b   Cravo, Pedro ^b  

^a Universidade Nacional de Timor Lorosae   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Children; East Timor; Housing constructions; Malaria epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TIMOR-LESTE;

EID: 77951753069     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60069-7     Document Type: Article

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