The effect of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) on plasmodium falciparum infection in rural and semi-urban communities in the South West Region of Cameroon

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Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Apinjoh, Tobias O ^a   Anchang Kimbi, Judith K ^a   Mugri, Regina N ^a   Tangoh, Delphine A ^a   Nyingchu, Robert V ^a   Chi, Hanesh F ^a   Tata, Rolland B ^a   Njumkeng, Charles ^a   Njua Yafi, Clarisse ^b   Achidi, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD SMEAR; CAMEROON; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ODDS RATIO; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ODDS RATIO; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923876486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116300     Document Type: Article

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