Prevalence of malaria infection in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Woyessa, Adugna ^a,b   Deressa, Wakgari ^b   Ali, Ahmed ^b   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Ethiopia; Highland malaria; Malaria prevalence

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858709978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-84     Document Type: Article

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