Malaria prevalence in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea: A cross-sectional study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ncogo, Policarpo ^a   Herrador, Zaida ^b,c   Romay Barja, Maria ^b,c   García Carrasco, Emely ^d   Nseng, Gloria ^a   Berzosa, Pedro ^b   Santana Morales, Maria A ^c,e   Riloha, Matilde ^a   Aparicio, Pilar ^b,c   Valladares, Basilio ^c,e   Benito, Agustín ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Equatorial Guinea)

^b Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^c Tropical Diseases Research Network (RICET in Spanish)   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Equatorial Guinea; Malaria; Prevalence; Rapid diagnosis test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960358353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0986-7     Document Type: Article

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