Sub-microscopic gametocyte carriage in febrile children living in different areas of Gabon

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mawili Mboumba, Denise Patricia ^a   Nikiéma, Rosalie ^a,c   Bouyou Akotet, Marielle Karine ^a   Bahamontes Rosa, Noemi ^b   Traoré, Alfred ^c   Kombila, Maryvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Children; Gabon; Plasmodium falciparum; Submicroscopic gametocytes; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSULTATION; GABON; GAMETOCYTE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84886410917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-375     Document Type: Article

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