Association between recent internal travel and malaria in Ugandan highland and highland fringe areas

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 773-780

  Lynch, Caroline A ^a   Bruce, Jane ^a   Bhasin, Amit ^a   Roper, Cally ^a   Cox, Jonathan ^a   Abeku, Tarekegn A ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elimination; Highland; Malaria; Migration; Paludisme; Uganda

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; MALARIA; UPLAND REGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MIGRANT; NONHUMAN; UGANDAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; UGANDA;

EID: 84928752526     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12480     Document Type: Article

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