Malaria research challenges in low prevalence settings

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stresman, Gillian ^a   Kobayashi, Tamaki ^b   Kamanga, Aniset ^a   Thuma, Philip E ^c   Mharakurwa, Sungano ^b,c   Moss, William J ^b   Shiff, Clive ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Malaria Institute at Macha   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84867744781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-353     Document Type: Review

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