Elimination of malaria risk through integrated combination strategies in a tropical military training island

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1024-1029

  Lee, Vernon J ^a,b   Ow, Samuel ^c   Heah, Harold ^c   Tan, Meng Yaw ^c   Lam, Patrick ^c   Ng, Lee Ching ^d   Lam Phua, Sai Gek ^d   Imran, Abdul Qadir ^c   Seet, Benjamin ^c  

^a Biodefence Center   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

ANOPHELES; ARMY; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LARVA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK REDUCTION; SINGAPORE; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DEET; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; QUARANTINE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77953741562     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0562     Document Type: Article

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