A country on the verge of malaria elimination - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Coleman, Michael ^a   Al Zahrani, Mohammed H ^b   Coleman, Marlize ^a   Hemingway, Janet ^a   Omar, Abdiasiis ^a   Stanton, Michelle C ^a   Thomsen, Eddie K ^a   Alsheikh, Adel A ^b   Alhakeem, Raafat F ^b   McCall, Phillip J ^a   Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A ^a,b   Memish, Ziad A ^a,b,c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; ARTESUNATE PLUS PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE-ARTESUNATE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SAUDI ARABIA; SCALE UP; VECTOR CONTROL; DRUG COMBINATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALARIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SAUDI ARABIA; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 84907452287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105980     Document Type: Article

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