The need to strengthen malaria control in the Caribbean in the era of HIV/AIDS

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 425-426

  Figueroa, J Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INSECT REPELLENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANOPHELES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BED NET; BLOOD SMEAR; BREEDING; CENTRAL AMERICA; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CARIBBEAN; COMPLICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CARIBBEAN REGION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 65249136404     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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