Malaria prevalence and morbidity among children reporting at health facilities in Nouakchott, Mauritania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 727-733

  Lekweiry, Khadijetou Mint ^a,b   Basco, Leonardo K ^c,d   Salem, Mohamed Salem O Ahmedou ^a   Hafid, Jamal Eddine ^b   Marin Jauffre, Adeline ^c   Weddih, Abdallahi O ^e   Briolant, Sébastien ^c,d   Bogreau, Hervé ^c,d   Pradines, Bruno ^c,d   Rogier, Christophe ^c,d   Trape, Jean François ^d   Boukhary, Ali O Mohamed Salem O ^a  

^a France   (Mauritania)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e Centre Hospitalier National   (Mauritania)

Author keywords

Autochtonous transmission; Children; Malaria; Mauritania; Morbidity; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MAURITANIA; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MAURITANIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 81055156708     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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