Spatial variation and socio-economic determinants of Plasmodium falciparum infection in northeastern Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mmbando, Bruno P ^a   Kamugisha, Mathias L ^a   Lusingu, John P ^a   Francis, Filbert ^a   Ishengoma, Deus S ^a   Theander, Thor G ^b   Lemnge, Martha M ^a   Scheike, Thomas H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO NETS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955176387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-145     Document Type: Article

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