Can slide positivity rates predict malaria transmission?

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bi, Yan ^a,b   Hu, Wenbiao ^c   Liu, Huaxin ^d   Xiao, Yujiang ^d   Guo, Yuming ^a   Chen, Shimei ^d   Zhao, Laifa ^d   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Mengla Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

China; International border areas; Malaria elimination; Malaria transmission; Slide positivity rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SLIDE POSITIVITY RATE; SOCIOECONOMICS; CYTOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM;

CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862202617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-117     Document Type: Article

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