Sri Lanka malaria maps

Malaria Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-10

  Briët, Olivier JT ^a   Gunawardena, Dissanayake M ^b   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^a   Amerasinghe, Felix P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b National Anti Malaria Campaign Headquarters   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEASONAL VARIATION; SRI LANKA;

EID: 3042803377     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-2-1     Document Type: Article

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