Malaria elimination in India and regional implications

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2016, Pages e214-e224

  Wangdi, Kinley ^a,b   Gatton, Michelle L ^c   Kelly, Gerard C ^a   Banwell, Cathy ^a   Dev, Vas ^d   Clements, Archie C A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Phuentsholing General Hospital   (Bhutan)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; BENFLUMETOL; BIFENTHRIN; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYFLUTHRIN; CYHALOTHRIN; CYPERMETHRIN; DIELDRIN; HEXACYCLOHEXANE; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; MEFLOQUINE; PIPERAQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRETHROID; PYRIMETHAMINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; RAIN; SULFADOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; CROWDING (AREA); DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LARVIVORE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VECTOR CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CLIMATE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84990057583     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30123-2     Document Type: Review

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