Identifying risk factors for Plasmodium infection and anaemia in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ferrari, Giovanfrancesco ^a,b   Ntuku, Henry M T ^a,b,c   Ross, Amanda ^a,b   Schmidlin, Sandro ^a,b   Kalemwa, Didier M ^a,b   Tshefu, Antoinette K ^c   Lengeler, Christian ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Congo)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Democratic Republic of Congo; Fever; ITN ownership; ITN use; Kinshasa; Malaria; Malaria risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGOLESE (KINSHASA); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; CITY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987622072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1412-5     Document Type: Article

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