Epidemiologic tools for malaria surveillance in an urban setting of low endemicity along the Colombian Pacific Coast

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 132-137

  Carrasquilla, Gabriel ^a   Banguero, Monica ^b   Sanchez, Patricia ^c   Carvajal, Fanny ^d   Barker Jr , Robert H ^e   Gervais, Gary W ^f   Algarin, Elias ^f   Serrano, Adelfa E ^f  

^a Division Salud   (Colombia)

^b Depto Nacional de Planeación ^*  (Colombia)

^c Depto Nacional de Planeacion   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^e GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; COLOMBIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0034030446     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.132     Document Type: Article

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