Spatial and temporal patterns of imported malaria cases and local transmission in Trinidad

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 513-517

  Chadee, Dave D ^a   Kitron, Uriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANOPHELES AQUASALIS; BELLATOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032730111     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.513     Document Type: Article

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