Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasitaemia among indigenous Batwa and non-indigenous communities of Kanungu district, Uganda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Donnelly, Blánaid ^a   Berrang Ford, Lea ^a   Labbé, Jolène ^a   Twesigomwe, Sabastian ^b   Lwasa, Shuaib ^c   Namanya, Didacus B ^d   Harper, Sherilee L ^e   Kulkarni, Manisha ^f   Ross, Nancy A ^a   Michel, Pascal ^g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Batwa Development Program   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Batwa; Indigenous health; Livestock; Malaria prevalence; Malaria risk factors; Uganda; Zooprophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHICKEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIVESTOCK; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; UGANDAN; ZOONOSIS; ZOOPROPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 84969508971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1299-1     Document Type: Article

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