Identification of malaria transmission and epidemic hotspots in the western Kenya highlands: Its application to malaria epidemic prediction

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wanjala, Christine L ^a,b   Waitumbi, John ^a   Zhou, Guofa ^c   Githeko, Andrew K ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; GAMETOCYTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD; CHILD; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; KENYA; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79955998524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-81     Document Type: Article

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