Prevalence and risk factors of malaria among children in southern highland Rwanda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gahutu, Jean Bosco ^a   Steininger, Christian ^b   Shyirambere, Cyprien ^a   Zeile, Irene ^b   Cwinya Ay, Neniling ^a   Danquah, Ina ^b   Larsen, Christoph H ^c   Eggelte, Teunis A ^d   Uwimana, Aline ^e   Karema, Corine ^e   Musemakweri, Andre ^a   Harms, Gundel ^b   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c German Development Cooperation (GIZ)   (Rwanda)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e National Malaria Control Program   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RWANDA; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; BLOOD; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

BLOOD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA;

EID: 79955949736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-134     Document Type: Article

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