How absolute is zero? An evaluation of historical and current definitions of malaria elimination

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cohen, Justin M ^a   Moonen, Bruno ^a   Snow, Robert W ^b,c   Smith, David L ^d  

^a CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; REVIEW; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HEALTH PLANNING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954791405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-213     Document Type: Review

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