Variation in malariometric and red cell indices in children in the Mount Cameroon area following enhanced malaria control measures: Evidence from a repeated cross-sectional study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sumbele, Irene U N ^a   Ning, Teh R ^a   Bopda, Orelien S M ^a   Nkuo Akenji, Theresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; Insecticide treated nets; Malaria; Microcytic anaemia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIOMETRIC INDEX; MALE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SPLENOMEGALY; ANEMIA; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFECTION CONTROL; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

ANEMIA; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907006687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-334     Document Type: Article

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