The clinical burden of malaria in Nairobi: A historical review and contemporary audit

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mudhune, Sandra A ^a   Okiro, Emelda A ^a,b   Noor, Abdisalan M ^a,b   Zurovac, Dejan ^a,b   Juma, Elizabeth ^c   Ochola, Sam A ^d   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^d Ministry of Medical Services   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; HISTORY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALARIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79956223271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-138     Document Type: Article

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