Malaria prevalence, anemia and baseline intervention coverage prior to mass net distributions in Abia and Plateau States, Nigeria

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Noland, Gregory S ^a   Graves, Patricia M ^a,g   Sallau, Adamu ^a   Eigege, Abel ^a   Emukah, Emmanuel ^a   Patterson, Amy E ^a,h   Ajiji, Joseph ^b   Okorofor, Iheanyichi ^c   Oji, Oji U ^c   Umar, Mary ^b   Alphonsus, Kal ^a   Damen, James ^d   Ngondi, Jeremiah ^a   Ozaki, Masayo ^a   Cromwell, Elizabeth ^a   Obiezu, Josephine ^a   Eneiramo, Solomon ^a   Okoro, Chinyere ^e   McClintic Doyle, Renn ^a   Oresanya, Olusola ^f   Miri, Emmanuel ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^a   Richards Jr , Frank O ^a   more..

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b Plateau State Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^c Abia State Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^e FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^f Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bed net; Falciparum; LLIN; Malaria; Malariae; Net ownership; Net use; Nigeria; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NIGERIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PREGNANT WOMAN; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULICIDAE; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO NETS; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899053483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-168     Document Type: Article

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