Program to eradicate malaria in Sardinia, 1946-1950

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1460-1466

  Tognotti, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; QUININE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADULT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DDT; FOUNDATIONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; ITALY; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLITICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 70249108201     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1509.081317     Document Type: Review

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