A prospective cohort study to assess the micro-epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum clinical malaria in Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça, Mozambique)

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Galatas, Beatriz ^a,b   Guinovart, Caterina ^a,b   Bassat, Quique ^a,b   Aponte, John J ^a,b   Nhamússua, Lídia ^a   Macete, Eusebio ^a   Saúte, Francisco ^a   Alonso, Pedro ^a,c   Aide, Pedro ^a,d  

^a Ministério de Saúde   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Clinical malaria; Epidemiology; Incidence; Mozambique; Plasmodium falciparum; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; OUTPATIENT; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84984781456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1496-y     Document Type: Article

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