Operational research on malaria control and elimination: A review of projects published between 2008 and 2013

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Shui Sen ^a,b   Rietveld, Aafje E C ^a   Velarde Rodriguez, Mar ^a,c   Ramsay, Andrew R ^d   Zhang, Shao Sen ^b   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^b   Cibulskis, Richard E ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elimination; Malaria; Operational research; Review

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; PROCEDURES;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 84964313581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-473     Document Type: Review

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