The epidemiology of malaria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 763-769

  Greenwood, B M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; BRAIN MALARIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL;

DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALARIA; PARASITIC DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICA; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030670956     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989760518     Document Type: Review

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