The Malaria Transition on the Arabian Peninsula: Progress toward a Malaria-Free Region between 1960–2010

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-251

  Snow, Robert W ^a,b   Amratia, Punam ^a   Zamani, Ghasem ^f   Mundia, Clara W ^a   Noor, Abdisalan M ^a,b   Memish, Ziad A ^c   Al Zahrani, Mohammad H ^c   Jasari, Adel Al ^d   Fikri, Mahmoud ^e   Atta, Hoda ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Ministry of Public Health and Population   (Yemen)

^e Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abu Dhabi; Bahrain; Dubai; Kuwait; Malaria free; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; The Arabian Peninsula; UAE; Vector species distribution; Yemen

Indexed keywords

BAHRAIN; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; OMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YEMEN; ASIA; DISEASE ERADICATION; HISTORY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARABIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MALARIA;

EID: 84884329045     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407706-5.00003-4     Document Type: Chapter

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