Factors Associated with the Rapid and Durable Decline in Malaria Incidence in El Salvador, 1980-2017

A decade after the Global Malaria Eradication Program, El Salvador had the highest burden of malaria in Mesoamerica, with approximately 20% due to . A resurgence of malaria in the 1970s led El Salvador to alter its national malaria control strategy. By 1995, El Salvador recorded its last autochthono...

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Published in:	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 99; no. 1; pp. 33 - 42
Main Authors:	Burton, Robert A, Chévez, José Eduardo Romero, Sauerbrey, Mauricio, Guinovart, Caterina, Hartley, Angela, Kirkwood, Geoffrey, Boslego, Matthew, Gavidia, Mirna Elizabeth, Alemán Escobar, Jaime Enrique, Turkel, Rachel, Steketee, Richard W, Slutsker, Laurence, Schneider, Kammerle, Campbell, Carlos C Kent
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Institute of Tropical Medicine 01-07-2018 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Subjects:	Amèrica Central Central America Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration Disease Eradication - methods El Salvador - epidemiology Epidemiological Monitoring Humans Malaria Malaria, Falciparum - epidemiology Malaria, Falciparum - prevention & control Malaria, Falciparum - transmission Malaria, Vivax - epidemiology Malaria, Vivax - prevention & control Malaria, Vivax - transmission Malària Mosquito Control - organization & administration Plasmodium falciparum - pathogenicity Plasmodium falciparum - physiology Plasmodium vivax - pathogenicity Plasmodium vivax - physiology Surveillance Travel - statistics & numerical data El Salvador
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