Malaria control in Bhutan: Case study of a country embarking on elimination

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yangzom, Thinley ^a   Gueye, Cara ^b   Namgay, Rinzin ^a   Galappaththy, Gawrie Nl ^c   Thimasarn, Krongthong ^d   Gosling, Roly ^b   Murugasampillay, Shiva ^d   Dev, Vas ^e  

^a Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Control; Diagnosis; Elimination; Malaria; Migrant; Migration; Surveillance; Treatment; Vector

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; INSECTICIDE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIN; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; LACTONE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; BHUTAN; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION MIGRATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VECTOR CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BHUTAN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; LACTONES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM;

EID: 84855496282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-9     Document Type: Article

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