Emergence of a new focus of Plasmodium malariae in forest villages of district Balaghat, Central India: Implications for the diagnosis of malaria and its control

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-17

  Bharti, Praveen K ^a   Chand, Sunil K ^b   Singh, Mrigendra P ^b   Mishra, Sweta ^a   Shukla, Man M ^b   Singh, Rajesh ^c   Singh, Neeru ^a  

^a Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^c Technical Assistance Support Team   (India)

Author keywords

Central India; Malaria; Malaria control; Plasmodium malariae

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

BLOOD; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMED CONSENT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MASS SCREENING; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEVER; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; TREES; YOUNG ADULT;

BALAGHAT; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84871677200     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12005     Document Type: Article

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