Age and geographic patterns of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in a representative sample of children living in Burkitt lymphoma-endemic areas of northern Uganda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Maziarz, Marlena ^a   Kinyera, Tobias ^b,c   Otim, Isaac ^b,c   Kagwa, Paul ^b,c   Nabalende, Hadijah ^b,c   Legason, Ismail D ^b,c   Ogwang, Martin D ^b,c   Kirimunda, Samuel ^d   Emmanuel, Benjamin ^a,e   Reynolds, Steven J ^f   Kerchan, Patrick ^b,g   Joloba, Moses M ^d   Bergen, Andrew W ^a   Bhatia, Kishor ^a   Talisuna, Ambrose O ^h   Biggar, Robert J ⁱ   Goedert, James J ^a   Pfeiffer, Ruth M ^a   Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b African Field Epidemiology Network ^*  (Uganda)

^c St Mary's Hospital Lacor Uganda   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g Kuluva Hospital   (Uganda)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkitt lymphoma; Epidemiology; Malaria; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Plasmodium falciparum; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC AREA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PARASITE DENSITY; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDY DESIGN; THICK FILM MICROSCOPY; UGANDA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

EID: 85015807777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-1778-z     Document Type: Article

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