Risk factors associated with slide positivity among febrile patients in a conflict zone of north-eastern Myanmar along the China-Myanmar border

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Li, Nana ^a,b   Parker, Daniel M ^c   Yang, Zhaoqing ^b   Fan, Qi ^d   Zhou, Guofa ^e   Ai, Guoping ^a   Duan, Jianhua ^a   Lee, Ming Chieh ^e   Yan, Guiyun ^e   Matthews, Stephen A ^c   Cui, Liwang ^c   Wang, Ying ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dalian Institute of Biotechnology   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Border malaria; China; Myanmar; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; The Greater Mekong Subregion

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; PIPERAQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYANMAR; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TABLET; TREATMENT DURATION; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885102353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-361     Document Type: Article

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