Malaria trends and challenges in the greater mekong subregion

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 674-691

  Delacollette, Charles ^a   D'Souza, Carol ^a   Christophel, Eva ^b   Thimasarn, Krongthong ^c   Abdur, Rashid ^d   Bell, David ^b   Dai, Tran Cong ^e   Gopinath, Deyer ^f   Lu, Shaohong ^c   Mendoza, Raymond ^b   Ortega, Leonard ^g   Rastogi, Rakesh ^c   Tantinimitkul, Chawalit ^h   Ehrenberg, John ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines   (Philippines)

^c WHO South East Regional Office ^*  (China)

^d WHO Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^e WHO Vietnam Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^f WHO Lao PDR   (Laos)

^g WHO Myanmar   (Myanmar)

^h WHO Thailand   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREVALENCE; RIVER; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PREVALENCE; RIVERS;

EID: 68649088845     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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