Spatio-temporal patterns of malaria infection in Bhutan: A country embarking on malaria elimination

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wangdi, Kinley ^a,b   Kaewkungwal, Jaranit ^a   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^a   Silawan, Tassanee ^a   Lawpoolsri, Saranath ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Phuentsholing General Hospital   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BHUTAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 79955099771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-89     Document Type: Article

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