Human malaria in the highlands of Yemen

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-195

  Al Mekhlafi, A M ^a   Al Mekhlafi, H M ^a,b   Mahdy, M A K ^a,b   Azazy, A A ^b   Fong, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COASTAL PLAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955965592     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485911X12987676649421     Document Type: Article

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