Seroepidemiological and parasitological evaluation of the heterogeneity of malaria infection in the Gambia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Oduro, Abraham R ^a,c   Conway, David J ^a,b   Schellenberg, David ^b   Satoguina, Judith ^a   Greenwood, Brian M ^b   Bojang, Kalifa A ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Microheterogeneity; Parasite prevalence; Plasmodium falciparum; Serology; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPOROZOITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879496709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-222     Document Type: Article

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