Enhancement and suppression of malaria in the Amazon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Singer, Burton ^a   De Castro, Marcia Caldas ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EDITORIAL; HABITAT; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PATHOGENESIS; PERU; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; URBANIZATION; ANIMAL; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LARVA; MALARIA; PERU;

EID: 33645973261     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.1     Document Type: Editorial

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