Past five-year trend, current prevalence and household knowledge, attitude and practice of malaria in Abeshge, south-central Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yimer, Fisseha ^a   Animut, Abebe ^a   Erko, Berhanu ^a   Mamo, Hassen ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Control; Ethiopia; Knowledge; Malaria; Practice; Prevalence; Walga Health Centre

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOSQUITO BITE; OUTPATIENT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935035818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0749-5     Document Type: Article

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