Continued decline of malaria in The Gambia with implications for elimination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Ceesay, Serign J ^a   Casals Pascual, Climent ^a,b   Nwakanma, Davis C ^a   Walther, Michael ^a   Gomez Escobar, Natalia ^a   Fulford, Anthony J C ^a,c   Takem, Ebako N ^a   Nogaro, Sarah ^a   Bojang, Kalifa A ^a   Corrah, Tumani ^a   Jaye, Momodou Cherno ^d   Taal, Makie Abdoulie ^e   Sonko, Aja Adam Jagne ^f   Conway, David J ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^d Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^e National Health Laboratory   (Gambia)

^f National Malaria Control Programme   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TREND STUDY; ADULT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; SEASON; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORIES; MALARIA; MALE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957914203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012242     Document Type: Article

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