High heterogeneity in Plasmodium falciparum risk illustrates the need for detailed mapping to guide resource allocation: A new malaria risk map of the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Jorgensen, Pernille ^a   Nambanya, Simone ^a   Gopinath, Deyer ^b   Hongvanthong, Bouasy ^a   Luangphengsouk, Kongxay ^a   Bell, David ^c   Phompida, Samlane ^a   Phetsouvanh, Rattanaxay ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; ECONOMICS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; RISK; TOPOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LAOS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 77949748427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-59     Document Type: Article

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