Age-specific malaria mortality rates in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in Western Kenya, 2003-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Desai, Meghna ^a   Buff, Ann M ^b   Khagayi, Sammy ^a   Byass, Peter ^c   Amek, Nyaguara ^a   Van Eijk, Annemieke ^d   Slutsker, Laurence ^a   Vulule, John ^e   Odhiambo, Frank O ^a   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a,d   Lindblade, Kimberly A ^a   Laserson, Kayla F ^a   Hamel, Mary J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b President's Malaria Initiative Kenya DPDM CGH   (Kenya)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e KEMRI Center for Global Health Research   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; PARASITE LOAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907459094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106197     Document Type: Article

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