Evaluation of an operational malaria outbreak identification and response system in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Coleman, Marlize ^a   Coleman, Michael ^b,c   Mabuza, Aaron M ^d   Kok, Gerdalize ^d   Coetzee, Maureen ^e,f   Durrheim, David N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d Mpumalanga Department of Health and Social Services   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL STAFF; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 44449167177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-69     Document Type: Article

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