Epidemiology of malaria morbidity after control scale-up

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 891-892

  Keating, Joseph ^a   Eisele, Thomas P ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

BED NET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LETTER; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 81855178261     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70212-2     Document Type: Letter

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