Epidemiology of malaria in an area of seasonal transmission in Niger and implications for the design of a seasonal malaria chemoprevention strategy

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Guillebaud, Julia ^a,b   Mahamadou, Aboubacar ^a   Zamanka, Halima ^a   Katzelma, Mariama ^a   Arzika, Ibrahim ^a   Ibrahim, Maman L ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih Ab ^c   Labbo, Rabiou ^a   Druilhe, Pierre ^d   Duchemin, Jean Bernard ^a,e   Fandeur, Thierry ^a,f  

^a Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire   (Niger)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Incidence; Malaria; Niger; Prevalence; Seasonality; Slide positivity rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMETOCYTE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NIGER; PILOT STUDY; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CARRIER STATE; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGER; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886733235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-379     Document Type: Article

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