Lessons learnt from malaria epidemics in the Islamic Republic of Iran;Enseignements tirés des épidémies de paludisme en République islamique d'Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 864-869

  Ostovar, A ^a,e   Raeisi, A ^a,b   Haghdoost, A A ^c   Ranjbar, M ^b   Rahimi, A ^a   Sheikhzadeh, K ^d   Majdzadeh, R ^a,e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Director of Center for Communicable Diseases Control   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

EID: 85015726394     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.8.864     Document Type: Article

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