Increase in malaria prevalence and age of at risk population in different areas of Gabon

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mawili Mboumba, Denise P ^a   Akotet, Marielle K Bouyou ^a   Kendjo, Eric ^a   Nzamba, Joseph ^a   Medang, Mathieu Owono ^a   Mbina, Jean Romain Mourou ^a   Kombila, Maryvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Age; Children; Fever; Gabon; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA; AGE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; ETHICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; URBAN AREA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84871685375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-3     Document Type: Article

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