Mass drug administration should be implemented as a tool to accelerate elimination: Against

Malaria Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Mendis, Kamini ^a  

^a NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Malaria; Malaria elimination; Mass drug administration

Indexed keywords

PRIMAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; DISEASE ERADICATION; ETHICS; PROCEDURES;

ANTIMALARIALS; DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 85071325779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-2907-7     Document Type: Article

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