Trends in malaria cases, hospital admissions and deaths following scale-up of anti-malarial interventions, 2000-2010, Rwanda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Karema, Corine ^a   Aregawi, Maru W ^b   Rukundo, Alphonse ^a   Kabayiza, Alain ^a   Mulindahabi, Monique ^a   Fall, Ibrahima S ^b   Gausi, Khoti ^b   Williams, Ryan O ^b   Lynch, Michael ^b   Cibulskis, Richard ^b   Fidele, Ngabo ^c   Nyemazi, Jean Pierre ^a   Ngamije, Daniel ^c   Umulisa, Irenee ^a   Newman, Robert ^b   Binagwaho, Agnes ^c,d  

^a RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health of Rwanda   (Rwanda)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; INSECTICIDE; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; RWANDA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869433470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-236     Document Type: Review

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