Towards eradication: Three years after the tsunami of 2004, has malaria transmission been eliminated from the island of Simeulue?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 777-781

  Sudomo, Mohammad ^a,e   Arianti, Yusniar ^a   Wahid, Isra ^b   Safruddin, Din ^b,c   Pedersen, Erling M ^d   Charlwood, J Derek ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

^b HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c EIJKMAN INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^d DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^e World Health Organization Indonesia   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Anopheles sundaicus; Elimination; Indonesia; Malaria; Mosquito nets; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES SUNDAICUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARTHQUAKE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TSUNAMI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TSUNAMIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANOPHELES SUNDAICUS;

EID: 78349307911     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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