Threats to malaria elimination in the Himalayas

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2016, Pages e519-

  Mishra, Shiva Raj ^a,b   Dhimal, Meghnath ^c   Guinto, Renzo R ^d   Adhikari, Bipin ^e   Chu, Cordia ^f  

^a Nepal Development Society ^*  (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Norway   (Nepal)

^d Health Care Without Harm Asia   (Philippines)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD INTAKE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; DISEASE ERADICATION; MALARIA;

DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 84991730507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30128-0     Document Type: Letter

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