Operational strategies of anti-malarial drug campaigns for malaria elimination in Zambia's southern province: A simulation study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Stuckey, Erin M ^a,b,c   Miller, John M ^d   Littrell, Megan ^e   Chitnis, Nakul ^a,b   Steketee, Rick ^e  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d PATH MACEPA   (Zambia)

^e PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elimination; Ivermectin; Malaria; Modelling; Plasmodium falciparum; Primaquine; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; IVERMECTIN; PRIMAQUINE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION RATE; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VECTOR CONTROL; ZAMBIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTIMALARIALS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84960431499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1202-0     Document Type: Article

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