Spatial targeting of interventions against malaria.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on November 17, 2003

Authors

R Carter1, K N Mendis, D Roberts

Author Affiliations

1: University of Edinburgh, Division of Biological Sciences, ICAPB, Ashworth Laboratories, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland. r.carter@ed.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Evaluation of Targeted Parasite Elimination (TPE) in Namibia | NCT02610400

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