Estimating the potential public health impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in African children

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cairns, Matthew ^a   Roca Feltrer, Arantxa ^b,c   Garske, Tini ^a   Wilson, Anne L ^d   Diallo, Diadier ^d   Milligan, Paul J ^a   Ghani, Azra C ^a   Greenwood, Brian M ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; RAIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; SEASONS;

EID: 84863318549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1879     Document Type: Article

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