Environmental and entomological risk factors for the development of clinical malaria among children on the Kenyan coast.

Journal article

Several malariometric studies have examined the impact on human-vector contact of house construction, demographics, bed net and insect repellent use. However, few studies have documented the significance of these proximate determinants on the risks of clinical disease. We undertook a matched case-control study of the risks of both mild clinical malaria and severe life-threatening malaria according to a range of putative factors which would influence the frequency of child-vector encounters in...

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Authors: Snow, R; Peshu, N; Forster, D; Bomu, G; Mitsanze, E

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Volume: 92
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 381-385
• Publication date: 1998-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(98)91056-2
• EISSN: 1878-3503
• ISSN: 0035-9203
• Language: English
• Keywords: Child, Preschool; Population Density; Mosquito Control; Rural Health; Humans; Host-Parasite Interactions; Kenya; Risk Factors; Housing; Malaria, Falciparum; Child; Infant; Insecticides; Case-Control Studies