A cohort study of Plasmodium falciparum infection dynamics in Western Kenya Highlands

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Baliraine, Frederick N ^a   Afrane, Yaw A ^b   Amenya, Dolphine A ^c   Bonizzoni, Mariangela ^d   Vardo Zalik, Anne M ^e   Menge, David M ^f   Githeko, Andrew K ^b   Yan, Guiyun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

EID: 77956917865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-283     Document Type: Article

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