Prospects for Malaria Elimination in Mesoamerica and Hispaniola

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Herrera, Sócrates ^a,b   Ochoa Orozco, Sergio Andrés ^a,b   González, Iveth J ^c   Peinado, Lucrecia ^d   Quiñones, Martha L ^e   Arévalo Herrera, Myriam ^a,f  

^a Caucaseco Scientific Research Center   (Colombia)

^b Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center   (Colombia)

^c FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^d Health Management Consultant City ^*  (Guatemala)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; BENFLUMETOL;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VECTOR CONTROL; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84930681926     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003700     Document Type: Review

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