Malaria reemergence in northern Afghanistan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1402-1404

  Faulde, Michael K ^a   Hoffmann, Ralf ^a   Fazilat, Khair M ^b   Hoerauf, Achim ^c  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b Provincial Malaria Unit   (Afghanistan)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

AFGHANISTAN; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES PULCHERIMUS; ANOPHELES SUPERPICTUS; ARTICLE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HABITAT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION RISK; RICE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 34848887983     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1309.061325     Document Type: Article

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