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Journal of Tropical Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 367160, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/367160
Research Article

Effect of Seasonality and Ecological Factors on the Prevalence of the Four Malaria Parasite Species in Northern Mali

Ousmane A. Koita,1 Lansana Sangaré,1 Hammadoun A. Sango,2 Sounkalo Dao,3 Naffet Keita,4 Moussa Maiga,3 Mamadou Mounkoro,1 Zoumana Fané,5 Abderrhamane S. Maiga,6 Klénon Traoré,5 Amadou Diallo,1 and D. J. Krogstad7

1Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Bamako, BP 2191, Bamako, Mali
2DĂ©partement d’EpidĂ©miologie et de SantĂ© Publique, FacultĂ© de MĂ©decine, Pharmacie et d’OdontoStomatologie, UniversitĂ© de Bamako, BP 1805, Bamako, Mali
3Service des Maladies Infectieuses, HĂŽpital National du Point G, BP 1805, Bamako, Mali
4Direction Régionale de la Santé de Gao, MinistÚre de la Santé, BP 232, Gao, Mali
5Faculté des Langues des Arts et des Sciences Humaines, Université de Bamako, BP E 3637, Bamako, Mali
6Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, BP 1771, Bamako, Mali
7Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA

Received 25 April 2011; Accepted 29 December 2011

Academic Editor: Sasithon Pukrittayakamee

Copyright © 2012 Ousmane A. Koita et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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