Malaria in Sri Lanka: One year post-tsunami

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Briët, Olivier J T ^a   Galappaththy, Gawrie N L ^b   Amerasinghe, Priyanie H ^a   Konradsen, Flemming ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b Anti Malaria Campaign Head Office   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

BED NET; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEASHORE; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; DISASTERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SRI LANKA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744988764     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-42     Document Type: Review

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