Travel history and malaria infection risk in a low-transmission setting in Ethiopia: A case control study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yukich, Joshua O ^a   Taylor, Cameron ^b   Eisele, Thomas P ^a   Reithinger, Richard ^c,d   Nauhassenay, Honelgn ^e   Berhane, Yemane ^e   Keating, Joseph ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Human movement; Importation; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Reservoir infection; Travel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED NET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872679542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-33     Document Type: Article

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