Patterns of mixed Plasmodium species infections among children six years and under in selected malaria hyper-endemic communities of Zambia: Population-based survey observations

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sitali, Lungowe ^a,e   Chipeta, James ^a   Miller, John M ^b   Moonga, Hawela B ^c   Kumar, Nirbhay ^d   Moss, William J ^e   Michelo, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b National Malaria Control Centre   (Zambia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Malaria; Mixed infections; Non falciparum infections; Prevalence; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ZAMBIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84928891946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0935-7     Document Type: Article

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