Prevalence of malaria parasites in adults and its determinants in malaria endemic area of Kisumu County, Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jenkins, Rachel ^a   Omollo, Raymond ^b   Ongecha, Michael ^b   Sifuna, Peter ^c   Othieno, Caleb ^d   Ongeri, Linnet ^b   Kingora, James ^e   Ogutu, Bernhards ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Kombewa Health and Demographic Surveillance Site   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e Kenya Medical Training College Nairobi   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Demographic surveillance site; Gender; Household survey; Malaria; Parasitaemia; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935517300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0781-5     Document Type: Article

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