Socioeconomic factors associated with malaria in Colombia

Risk factors for malaria in children presenting with fever or history of fever in rural Gambia

“…This calls for further investigations. In contrast to findings reported previously from South-East Asia and Latin America [8,9], the educational levels of parents of subjects were not found to be significantly associated with malaria in their children. This may be due to the fact that educational levels were generally very low in the study population and thus educational level was not a good discriminant between cases and controls.…”

Risk factors for malaria in children presenting with fever or history of fever in rural Gambia

“…This calls for further investigations. In contrast to findings reported previously from South-East Asia and Latin America [8,9], the educational levels of parents of subjects were not found to be significantly associated with malaria in their children. This may be due to the fact that educational levels were generally very low in the study population and thus educational level was not a good discriminant between cases and controls.…”

Risk factors for Plasmodium vivax infection in the Lacandon forest, southern Mexico

“…Bed nets in poor condition also had an important association with higher risk of infection among women and children. These results are similar to those obtained by Fungladda and others [21] in Thailand and Banguero [22] in Colombia.…”

Prevalence and risk factors of malaria in Ethiopia

“…Generally, malaria parasite prevalence differed between age and gender with the highest prevalence occurring in children and females. The findings of the association between socio-economic factors and malaria prevalence are similar to some of the results from previous studies [39-41]. In addition to this in 1998 and 2000, study was conducted by Ghebreyesus et al and Snow et al [42,43] in Ethiopia and Kenya, respectively.…”

Risk factors for malaria in children presenting with fever or history of fever in rural Gambia

“…This calls for further investigations. In contrast to findings reported previously from South-East Asia and Latin America [8,9], the educational levels of parents of subjects were not found to be significantly associated with malaria in their children. This may be due to the fact that educational levels were generally very low in the study population and thus educational level was not a good discriminant between cases and controls.…”

Risk factors for Plasmodium vivax infection in the Lacandon forest, southern Mexico

“…Bed nets in poor condition also had an important association with higher risk of infection among women and children. These results are similar to those obtained by Fungladda and others [21] in Thailand and Banguero [22] in Colombia.…”

Prevalence and risk factors of malaria in Ethiopia

“…Generally, malaria parasite prevalence differed between age and gender with the highest prevalence occurring in children and females. The findings of the association between socio-economic factors and malaria prevalence are similar to some of the results from previous studies [39-41]. In addition to this in 1998 and 2000, study was conducted by Ghebreyesus et al and Snow et al [42,43] in Ethiopia and Kenya, respectively.…”

Risk factors for malaria in children presenting with fever or history of fever in rural Gambia

“…This calls for further investigations. In contrast to findings reported previously from South-East Asia and Latin America [8,9], the educational levels of parents of subjects were not found to be significantly associated with malaria in their children. This may be due to the fact that educational levels were generally very low in the study population and thus educational level was not a good discriminant between cases and controls.…”

Risk factors for Plasmodium vivax infection in the Lacandon forest, southern Mexico

“…Bed nets in poor condition also had an important association with higher risk of infection among women and children. These results are similar to those obtained by Fungladda and others [21] in Thailand and Banguero [22] in Colombia.…”

Prevalence and risk factors of malaria in Ethiopia

“…Generally, malaria parasite prevalence differed between age and gender with the highest prevalence occurring in children and females. The findings of the association between socio-economic factors and malaria prevalence are similar to some of the results from previous studies [39-41]. In addition to this in 1998 and 2000, study was conducted by Ghebreyesus et al and Snow et al [42,43] in Ethiopia and Kenya, respectively.…”