Tackling the malaria problem in the South-East Asia region: Need for a change in policy?

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-47

  Bharati, Kaushik ^a   Ganguly, N K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Insecticide resistance; Malaria; Policy; Sear; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYHALOTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; PYRETHROID;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA;

EID: 84874710278     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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