Plasmodium infection, anaemia and mosquito net use among school children across different settings in Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 858-870

  Gitonga, Caroline W ^a,b   Edwards, Tansy ^b   Karanja, Peris N ^a   Noor, Abdisalan M ^a,c   Snow, Robert W ^a,c   Brooker, Simon J ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Insecticide treated nets; Kenya; Malaria; Plasmodium; Risk factors; School children

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROGENEITY; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PROTOZOAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEMIARID REGION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

KENYA;

EID: 84862760322     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03001.x     Document Type: Article

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