Introduction and summary: The intolerable burden of malaria: A new look at the numbers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Breman, J G ^a   Egan, A ^a   Keusch, G T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BRAIN MALARIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0034971265     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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