Absence of dry season Plasmodium parasitaemia, but high rates of reported acute respiratory infection and diarrhoea in preschool-aged children in Kaédi, southern Mauritania

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Touray, Sunkaru ^a,b   Bâ, Hamptâé ^c   Bâ, Ousmane ^c   Kota, Mohamedou ^c   Salem, Cheikh B Ould Ahmed ^c   Keïta, Moussa ^c   Traoré, Doulo ^c   Sy, Ibrahima ^c   Winkler, Mirko S ^a,b   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Cissé, Guéladio ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique   (Mauritania)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Cross sectional survey; Diarrhoea; Dry season; Malaria; Mauritania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MAURITANIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MAURITANIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 84865808353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-193     Document Type: Article

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