An Outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria due to Anopheles minimus in Central Assam, India

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 32-38

  Dev, V ^a   Ansari, M A ^a   Hira, C R ^b   Barman, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b State Health Department   (India)

Author keywords

An. minimus; Central Assam; Malaria outbreak; Morbidity; Mortality; P. falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 0035296112     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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