Decreased prevalence of anemia in highland areas of low malaria transmission after a 1-year interruption of transmission

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-184

  Noland, Gregory S ^a   Ayodo, George ^b   Abuya, Jackson ^b   Hodges, James S ^c   Rolfes, Melissa A R ^a   John, Chandy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEST CONTROL; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84555204794     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir768     Document Type: Article

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