Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in asymptomatic rural Gabonese populations

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nkoghe, Dieudonné ^a,b,c   Akue, Jean Paul ^a   Gonzalez, Jean Paul ^a   Leroy, Eric M ^a,d  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b Ministry of Health   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOREST; GABON; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SAVANNA; BLOOD; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79651472089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-33     Document Type: Article

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