School-based surveys of malaria in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A rapid survey method for malaria in low transmission settings

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ashton, Ruth A ^a,b,c   Kefyalew, Takele ^a   Tesfaye, Gezahegn ^a   Pullan, Rachel L ^c   Yadeta, Damtew ^d   Reithinger, Richard ^e   Kolaczinski, Jan H ^b,c   Brooker, Simon ^c,f  

^a Malaria Consortium Ethiopia Office   (Ethiopia)

^b MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

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

^d Oromia Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^e US Agency for International Development   (Ethiopia)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79551511171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-25     Document Type: Article

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