Community perception of mosquitoes, malaria and its control in Binga and Gokwe districts, Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 71-75

  Masendu, H T ^a   Sharp, B L ^b   Appleton, C C ^c   Chandiwana, S K ^a   Chitono, C ^d  

^a Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d c/o Binga District Hospital ^*  (Zimbabwe)

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