Spatial malaria epidemiology in Bangladeshi highlands

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Haque, Ubydul ^a,b   Huda, Mamun ^a,b   Hossain, Awlad ^c   Ahmed, Syed Masud ^c   Moniruzzaman, Mohammad ^d   Haque, Rashidul ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b BRAC Centre ^*  (Bangladesh)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d GIS Unit   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MASS SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69449090444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-185     Document Type: Article

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