Rapid decrease of malaria morbidity following the introduction of community-based monitoring in a rural area of central Vietnam

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Thang, Ngo Duc ^a   Erhart, Annette ^b   Hung, Le Xuan ^a   Thuan, Le Khanh ^a   Xa, Nguyen Xuan ^a   Thanh, Nguyen Ngoc ^a   Ky, Pham Van ^c   Coosemans, Marc ^b   Speybroeck, Nico ^b,d   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^b  

^a National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Provincial Centre for Malariology Parasitology and Entomology   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIET NAM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849084589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-3     Document Type: Article

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