Increasing incidence of malaria in Kurseong, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India, 2000-2004

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 691-697

  Sharma, Puran K ^a   Ramakrishnan, R ^a   Hutin, Yvan J F ^b   Gupte, M D ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Drug resistance; Epidemiology; India; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 67349181662     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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