High and Heterogeneous Prevalence of Asymptomatic and Sub-microscopic Malaria Infections on Islands in Lake Victoria, Kenya

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Idris, Zulkarnain Md ^a,b   Chan, Chim W ^a   Kongere, James ^c   Gitaka, Jesse ^d   Logedi, John ^e   Omar, Ahmeddin ^e   Obonyo, Charles ^f   Machini, Beatrice Kemunto ^e   Isozumi, Rie ^g   Teramoto, Isao ^g   Kimura, Masatsugu ^g   Kaneko, Akira ^a,g,h  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e Republic of Kenya Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLANDS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995518869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep36958     Document Type: Article

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