First malaria infections in a cohort of infants in Benin: Biological, environmental and genetic determinants. Description of the study site, population methods and preliminary results

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Le Port, Agnès ^a,b   Cottrell, Gilles ^b,c   Martin Prevel, Yves ^d   Migot Nabias, Florence ^a,b   Cot, Michel ^a,b   Garcia, André ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement IRD   (Benin)

^d University Montpellier 1 et 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FIRST MALARIA INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 84860480170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000342     Document Type: Article

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