Microgeography and molecular epidemiology of malaria at the Thailand-Myanmar border in the malaria pre-elimination phase

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Parker, Daniel M ^a   Matthews, Stephen A ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^b   Zhou, Guofa ^b   Lee, Ming Chieh ^b   Sirichaisinthop, Jeeraphat ^c   Kiattibutr, Kirakorn ^d   Fan, Qi ^e   Li, Peipei ^e   Sattabongkot, Jetsumon ^d   Cui, Liwang ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Bureau of Vector Borne Diseases   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e Dalian Institute of Biotechnology   (China)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Migration; Myanmar; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Spatial disease ecology; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITIZENSHIP; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KAREN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROGEOGRAPHY; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYANMAR; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND; WATER SUPPLY; AGED; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930201588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0712-5     Document Type: Article

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