A micro-epidemiological analysis of febrile malaria in coastal Kenya showing hotspots within hotspots

eLife

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bejon, Philip ^a   Williams, Tom N ^b   Nyundo, Christopher ⁱ   Hay, Simon I ^a   Benz, David ^a   Gething, Peter W ^a   Otiende, Mark ⁱ   Peshu, Judy ⁱ   Bashraheil, Mahfudh ⁱ   Greenhouse, Bryan ^c   Bousema, Teun ^d,e   Bauni, Evasius ⁱ   Marsh, Kevin ^a   Smith, David L ^f   Borrmann, Steffen ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f W Harry Feinstone Dept Molec M   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h German Centre for Diabetes Research   (Germany)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BUILDING; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEVER; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; FEVER; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899619741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.02130     Document Type: Article

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