Changes in the burden of malaria following scale up of malaria control interventions in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mharakurwa, Sungano ^a,b   Mutambu, Susan L ^c   Mberikunashe, Joseph ^d   Thuma, Philip E ^a,b   Moss, William J ^a   Mason, Peter R ^e,f  

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

^b Macha Research Trust   (Zambia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^e BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Control; Epidemiology; Malaria; Prevalence; Transmission; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE BURDEN; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCALE UP; STAFF TRAINING; TREND STUDY; VECTOR CONTROL; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84879478248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-223     Document Type: Article

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