Why is it important to study malaria epidemiology in India?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 452-457

  Singh, Vineeta ^a   Mishra, Neelima ^a   Awasthi, Gauri ^a   Dash, Aditya P ^a   Das, Aparup ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; CLIMATE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 70249139509     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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