Confirmed malaria cases among children under five with fever and history of fever in rural western Tanzania

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mazigo, Humphrey D ^a   Meza, Wilfred ^a   Ambrose, Emanuella E ^a   Kidenya, Benson R ^a   Kweka, Eliningaya J ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b TROPICAL PESTICIDES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Fever; history of fever; parasitological diagnosis; western Tanzania

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 80052650255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-359     Document Type: Article

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