Assessment of severe malaria in a multicenter, phase III, RTS, S/AS01 malaria candidate vaccine trial: Case definition, standardization of data collection and patient care

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vekemans, Johan ^a   Marsh, Kevin ^b   Greenwood, Brian ^c   Leach, Amanda ^a   Kabore, William ^d   Soulanoudjingar, Solange ^e   Asante, Kwaku Poku ^f   Ansong, Daniel ^g   Evans, Jennifer ^h   Sacaral, Jahit ⁱ   Bejon, Philip ^b   Kamthunzi, Portia ^j   Salim, Nahya ^k   Njuguna, Patricia ^b   Hamel, Mary J ^l   Otieno, Walter ^l   Gesase, Samwel ^m   Schellenberg, David ^b,n  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^e Albert Schweitzer Hospital   (Gabon)

^f KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^g KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^h KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

ⁱ Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^k IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^l KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration   (Kenya)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

ⁿ PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; COMORBIDITY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MENINGITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT CARE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MOZAMBIQUE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79961123833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-221     Document Type: Article

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