Travel as a risk factor for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the highlands of western Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-74

  Shanks, George D ^a,e   Biomndo, K ^b   Guyatt, H L ^c   Snow, R W ^c,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Brooke Bond Central Hospital   (Kenya)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e USACHPPM   (United States)

Author keywords

Highland malaria; Kenya; Plasmodium falciparum; Travel

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; TEA; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 8744272403     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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