Operational research to inform a sub-national surveillance intervention for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Atkinson, Jo An ^a   Johnson, Marie Louise ^a   Wijesinghe, Rushika ^a   Bobogare, Albino ^b   Losi, L ^b   O'Sullivan, Matthew ^a   Yamaguchi, Yuka ^a   Kenilorea, Geoffrey ^a   Vallely, Andrew ^c   Cheng, Qin ^a,d   Ebringer, Andrew ^d   Bain, Lisa ^a,d,e   Gray, Karen ^d   Harris, Ivor ^a,d   Whittaker, Maxine ^a   Reid, Heidi ^a   Clements, Archie ^a   Shanks, Dennis ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Solomon Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLOMON ISLANDS; TRAVEL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; MELANESIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MELANESIA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859085455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-101     Document Type: Article

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