Importance of active case detection in a malaria elimination programme

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wickremasinghe, Renu ^a,c   Fernando, Sumadhya Deepika ^b,c   Thillekaratne, Janani ^c   Wijeyaratne, Panduka Mahendra ^c   Wickremasinghe, Ananda Rajitha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c Tropical and Environmental Disease and Health Department   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Active case detection; Malaria elimination; Mobile malaria clinics; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COINFECTION; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DISEASE ERADICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901978538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-186     Document Type: Article

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