Community prevalence of fever and relationship with malaria among infants and children in low-resource areas

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 178-180

  Prasad, Namrata ^a   Sharples, Katrina J ^b   Murdoch, David R ^c   Crump, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PREVALENCE; COUGH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK;

EID: 84937002177     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0646     Document Type: Article

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