Reduced risk of malaria parasitemia following household screening and treatment: A cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sutcliffe, Catherine G ^a   Kobayashi, Tamaki ^a   Hamapumbu, Harry ^b   Shields, Timothy ^a   Mharakurwa, Sungano ^a,b   Thuma, Philip E ^b   Louis, Thomas A ^a   Glass, Gregory ^a   Moss, William J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Malaria Research Trust   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; BENFLUMETOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; ZAMBIA; FAMILY SIZE; RISK;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MASS SCREENING; PARASITEMIA; RISK;

EID: 84863055531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031396     Document Type: Article

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