A malaria outbreak in Naxalbari, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, 2005: Weaknesses in disease control, important risk factors

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sharma, Puran K ^a,b   Ramanchandran, Ramakrishnan ^a   Hutin, Yvan J ^c   Sharma, Raju ^d   Gupte, Mohan D ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Health and Family Welfare ^*  (India)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d DARJEELING GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949140438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-288     Document Type: Article

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