A venue-based survey of malaria, anemia and mobility patterns among migrant farm workers in amhara region, Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Schicker, Rebekah Stewart ^a,b   Hiruy, Neway ^c   Melak, Berhanu ^c   Gelaye, Woyneshet ^d   Bezabih, Belay ^e   Stephenson, Rob ^f   Patterson, Amy E ^c,g   Tadesse, Zerihun ^c   Emerson, Paul M ^c,h   Richards, Frank O ^c   Noland, Gregory S ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^d Amhara Regional State Referral and Research Laboratory   (Ethiopia)

^e Amhara Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^h International Trachoma Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BED NET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY SHELTER; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN LOAD; PLASMODIUM; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FARMERS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957080031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143829     Document Type: Article

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