Plasmodium falciparum malaria in infants under 5 kg: Retrospective surveillance of hospital records in five sub-Saharan African countries

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-159

  Alao, Maroufou J ^a   Gbadoé, Adama D ^b   Meremikwu, Martin ^c   Tshefu, Antoinette ^d   Tiono, Alfred B ^e   Cousin, Marc ^f   Hamed, Kamal ^f  

^a Hopital de la Mere et de l'Enfant Lagune   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LOMÉ   (Togo)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^e MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^f NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; QUININE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE LOAD; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUININE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875778570     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fms069     Document Type: Article

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