The practice of Jhum cultivation and its relationship to plasmodium falciparum infection in the Chittagong Hill Districts of Bangladesh

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 374-383

  Galagan, Sean R ^a,b   Prue, Chai Shwai ^a,c   Khyang, Jacob ^a,c   Khan, Wasif Ali ^a,c   Ahmed, Sabeena ^a,c   Ram, Malathi ^a   Alam, Mohammad Shafiul ^a,c   Haq, M Zahirul ^a,c   Akter, Jasmin ^a,c   Streatfield, Peter Kim ^a,c   Glass, Gregory ^a,d   Norris, Douglas E ^a   Nyunt, Myaing Myaing ^a   Shields, Timothy ^a   Sullivan, David J ^a   Sack, David A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JHUM CULTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84907270956     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0592     Document Type: Article

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