Challenges to malaria surveillance following elimination of indigenous transmission: Findings from a hospital-based study in rural Sri Lanka

International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 317-323

  Fernando, Sumadhya Deepika ^a   Ainan, Samafilan ^b   Premaratne, Risintha Gayan ^c   Rodrigo, Chaturaka ^a   Jayanetti, S R ^d   Rajapakse, Senaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Anti Malaria Campaign   (Sri Lanka)

^d Regional Malaria Office   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Malaria; Sri Lanka; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SRI LANKA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84940663336     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihv046     Document Type: Article

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