Quantifying filariasis and malaria control activities in relation to lymphatic filariasis elimination: A multiple intervention score map (MISM) for Malawi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 224-235

  Stanton, Michelle C ^a   Mkwanda, Square ^b   Mzilahowa, Themba ^c   Bockarie, Moses J ^a   Kelly Hope, Louise A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c Malaria Alert Centre   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Geographic mapping; Lymphatic filariasis; Malaria; Malawi; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MALARIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA; MALAWI; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; VECTOR CONTROL;

MALAWI;

ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAWI; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84892677198     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12266     Document Type: Article

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