Against the odds, Sri Lanka eliminates malaria

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10049, 2016, Pages 1038-1039

  Senaratne, Rajitha ^a   Singh, Poonam Khetrapal ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^b WHO Regional Office for South East Asia   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ELIMINATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NOTE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SRI LANKA; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; BED; DISEASE ERADICATION; INCOME; MOSQUITO; TRANSMISSION;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEDDING AND LINENS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84986252893     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31572-0     Document Type: Note

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