Strategies and approaches to vector control in nine malaria-eliminating countries: A cross-case study analysis

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Smith Gueye, Cara ^a   Newby, Gretchen ^a   Gosling, Roland D ^a   Whittaker, Maxine A ^b   Chandramohan, Daniel ^c   Slutsker, Laurence ^d   Tanner, Marcel ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Control; Eliminating; Elimination; Entomology; Indoor residual spraying; Long lasting insecticidal nets; Malaria; Surveillance; Vector; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; BHUTAN; CAPE VERDE; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE CLEARANCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; LARVA; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MAURITIUS; NAMIBIA; PHILIPPINES; PROTECTION; SRI LANKA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TURKMENISTAN; VECTOR CONTROL; WORKSHOP; ANIMAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; TURKEY;

ANIMALS; BHUTAN; CAPE VERDE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MAURITIUS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NAMIBIA; PHILIPPINES; SRI LANKA; TURKEY; TURKMENISTAN;

EID: 84952911175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-1054-z     Document Type: Article

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