Potential malaria reemergence, northeastern Thailand

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1330-1331

  Petney, Trevor ^a   Sithithaworn, Paiboon ^b   Satrawaha, Rojchai ^c   Grundy Warr, Carl ^d   Andrews, Ross ^e   Wang, Yi Chen ^d   Feng, Chen Chieh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES DIRUS; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT; HUMAN; LAND USE; LETTER; MALARIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANTATION; PLASMODIUM; RUBBER INDUSTRY; THAILAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ECOSYSTEM; HEVEA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICROCLIMATE; PLASMODIUM; THAILAND;

EID: 68049113590     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1508.090240     Document Type: Letter

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