Pre-elimination of malaria on the island of Príncipe

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Pei Wen ^a,b   Liu, Chia Tai ^a   Rampao, Herodes Sacramento ^c   Do Rosario, Virgilio E ^d   Shaio, Men Fang ^a,e  

^a Anti Malaria Team of Taiwan ^*  (Sao Tome and Principe)

^b Taiwan Urbani Foundation   (Taiwan)

^c Centro National de Endemias   (Sao Tome and Principe)

^d INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^e HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CASE FINDING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG COMBINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77249096571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-26     Document Type: Article

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