Malaria parasite carriage and risk determinants in a rural population: A malariometric survey in Rwanda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kateera, Fredrick ^a,b   Mens, Petra F ^a,c   Hakizimana, Emmanuel ^b   Ingabire, Chantal M ^b   Muragijemariya, Liberata ^d   Karinda, Parfait ^b   Grobusch, Martin P ^a   Mutesa, Leon ^e   Van Vugt, Michèle ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Ruhuha Health Centre   (Rwanda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

IRS; LLINs; Malaria; Prevalence; Risk factors; Rwanda; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; HETEROZYGOTE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988809938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-014-0534-x     Document Type: Article

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