Malaria in India: Challenges and opportunities

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 583-592

  Dash, A P ^a   Valecha, Neena ^a   Anvikar, A R ^a   Kumar, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b National Institute of Malaria Research Field Unit   (India)

Author keywords

Anophelines; Burden of malaria; DALYs; P. falciparum; P. vivax

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; DRUG RESISTANCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 58149175831     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-008-0076-x     Document Type: Review

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