Novel approaches to risk stratification to support malaria elimination: An example from Cambodia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cox, Jonathan ^a,b   Sovannaroth, Siv ^c   Soley, Lek Dy ^c,d   Ngor, Pengby ^b   Mellor, Steven ^b   Roca Feltrer, Arantxa ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^c National Center for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control   (Cambodia)

^d National Institute of Public Health   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Elimination; Malaria; Stratification; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ERADICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; RISK;

CAMBODIA; DISEASE ERADICATION; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK;

EID: 84908204633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-371     Document Type: Article

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