Trends in malaria admissions at the Mbakong Health Centre of the North West Region of Cameroon: A retrospective study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ndong, Ignatius C ^a,b,c   Van Reenen, Mari ^a   Boakye, Daniel A ^d   Mbacham, Wilfred F ^b,c   Grobler, Anne F ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Catholic University of Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Malaria; Mbakong; Policy; Prevalence; Treatment; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TREND STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907043639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-328     Document Type: Article

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