Malaria Journal

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Social and environmental malaria risk factors in urban areas of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Meili Baragatti1, Florence Fournet2, Marie-Claire Henry3, Serge Assi1,4, Herman Ouedraogo5, Christophe Rogier1* and Gérard Salem6

Author Affiliations

1 Parasite Biology and Epidemiology Research Dept, UMR 6236 – URMITE, IMTSSA, Parc du Pharo, BP46, 13998 Marseille-Armées, France

2 Environnement urbain et transition sanitaire en Afrique de l'Ouest, IRD, 01 BP 182, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

3 Centre Muraz, BP 360 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina-Faso

4 Institut Pierre Richet/Institut National de Santé Publique, BP V 47 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

5 Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS/CNRST) – 03 BP 7192 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

6 Laboratoire Espace, Santé et Territoire, Université Paris X-Nanterre, 200 avenue de la République, 92001 Nanterre Cedex, France

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Malaria Journal 2009, 8:13 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-13

Published: 13 January 2009

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Description of quantitative independent variables in the areas. The data provided for each area are the number of compounds, the number of households and the number of children aged 6 months-12 years that have been investigated. It presents also the age of children (median, 25% percentile and 75% percentile), the distances from the compounds to the closest hydrographic network, to the closest drinking fountain and to the closest artificial lake (median, 25% percentile and 75% percentile).

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