Malaria epidemiology along Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura state, India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1279-1289

  Dhiman, Sunil ^a   Goswami, Diganta ^a   Rabha, Bipul ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Reji ^a   Baruah, Indra ^a   Singh, Lokendra ^a  

^a Defence R D Organization   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; India; Malaria; Resistance; Tripura; Vector

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; SEASONS;

EID: 79952580009     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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