Malaria and its implications for public health in Far North Queensland: A prospective study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 196-199

  Hanna, Jeffrey N ^a   Brookes, Dianne L ^a   Ritchie, Scott A ^a   Van Den Hurk, Andrew F ^a   Loewenthal, Mark R ^b  

^a TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; MALOPRIM;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0031899776     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01171.x     Document Type: Article

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