Malaria in South Asia: Prevalence and control

Acta Tropica

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-255

  Kumar, Ashwani ^a   Chery, Laura ^b   Biswas, Chinmoy ^c   Dubhashi, Nagesh ^d   Dutta, Prafulla ^e   Dua, Virendra Kumar ^a   Kacchap, Mridula ^f   Kakati, Sanjeeb ^g   Khandeparkar, Anar ^d   Kour, Dalip ^h   Mahajan, Satish N ⁱ   Maji, Ardhendu ^j   Majumder, Partha ^k   Mohanta, Jagadish ^e   Mohapatra, Pradyumna K ^e   Narayanasamy, Krishnamoorthy ^l   Roy, Krishnangshu ^j   Shastri, Jayanthi ^m,n   Valecha, Neena ^a   Vikash, Rana ^o   Wani, Reena ⁿ   White, John ^b   Rathod, Pradipsinh K ^b   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Agartala Medical College   (India)

^d GOA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Regional Medical Research Center   (India)

^f Shalini Memorial Hospitals   (India)

^g ASSAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^h Mahadevi Birla Hospital and Research Center   (India)

ⁱ DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^j CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL GENOMICS   (India)

^l Sphaera Pharma Research and Development   (India)

^m Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases   (India)

ⁿ BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

^o Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra (KGVK CSR Usha Martin)   (India)

more..

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Epidemiology; ICEMR; India; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARTEMISIN; CHLOROQUINE; ENDOPEROXIDE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ACCESSIBILITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MIGRANT WORKER; MORTALITY; MYANMAR; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH ASIA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CULICIDAE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

INDIA; MYANMAR;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84862786776     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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