Reduced prevalence of malaria infection in children living in houses with window screening or closed eaves on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Bradley, John ^a   Rehman, Andrea M ^a   Schwabe, Christopher ^b   Vargas, Daniel ^c   Monti, Feliciano ^c   Ela, Camilo ^d   Riloha, Matilde ^d   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a  

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

^b Medical Care Development International   (United States)

^c Medical Care Development International   (Equatorial Guinea)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Equatorial Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLOSED EAVES; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; WINDOW SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOUSING; HUMANS; ISLANDS; MALARIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84893342507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080626     Document Type: Article

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