Predictors of Plasmodium falciparum malaria incidence in Chano Mille, SouthEthiopia: A longitudinal study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 450-459

  Loha, Eskindir ^a,b   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BREEDING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NITRILES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PYRETHRINS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84865955870     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0155     Document Type: Article

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