Joint malaria surveys lead towards improved cross-border cooperation between Savannakhet province, Laos and Quang Tri province, Vietnam

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pongvongsa, Tiengkham ^a   Ha, Hoang ^b   Thanh, Le ^b   Marchand, Ron P ^c   Nonaka, Daisuke ^d   Tojo, Bumpei ^e   Phongmany, Panom ^f   Moji, Kazuhiko ^e   Kobayashi, Jun ^g,h  

^a Savannakhet Provincial Malaria Station   (Laos)

^b Quang Tri Province Preventive Medicine Center   (Viet Nam)

^c Medical Committee Netherlands Vietnam ^*  (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^f Savannakhet Provincial Health Department   (Laos)

^g NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anopheles dirus; Forest cover; Indoor residual spraying; International border; Long lasting insecticide treated net

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES DIRUS; ANOPHELES MINIMUS; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAOS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO NETS; PREVALENCE; VIETNAM;

EID: 84864521978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-262     Document Type: Article

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