From Bright Ideas to Tools: The Case of Malaria

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gomes, Melba F ^a   Kuesel, Annette C ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; METAKELFIN; PROPOXUR; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CELL INVASION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORTALITY; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EID: 84922246387     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003377     Document Type: Article

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