Malaria risk factors in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Woyessa, Adugna ^a,b   Deressa, Wakgari ^b   Ali, Ahmed ^b   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Butajira area; Ethiopia; Highland fringe; Malaria risk; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881286265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-273     Document Type: Article

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