Spatial targeting of interventions against malaria

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1401-1411

  Carter, Richard ^a   Mendis, Kamini N ^b   Roberts, Donald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles, breeding; Geography; Malaria, prevention and control; Malaria, transmission; Risk factors; Space clustering

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALARIA; TARGETING;

ANOPHELES; BREEDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; VECTOR CONTROL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034492039     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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