Malaria in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Challenges and opportunities for elimination

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 837-840

  Sunish, Ittoop Pulikkottil ^a   Shriram, Ananganallur Nagarajan ^a   De, Amitabh ^b   Vijayachari, Paluru ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Andaman Nicobar Administration   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman and Nicobar; Elimination; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES SUNDAICUS; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY; AWARENESS; BIOENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROL STRATEGY; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; INDIA; LYSINIBACILLUS SPHAERICUS; MALARIA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84947421003     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(15)60942-2     Document Type: Editorial

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