Endemic malaria in four villages in Attapeu Province, Lao PDR

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 547-551

  Phetsouvanh, R ^a   Vythilingam, I ^b   Sivadong, B ^a   Lokman Hakim, S ^b   Chan, S T ^b   Phompida, S ^a  

^a Ctr Malaria Parasitol Entomol   (Laos)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 8444252189     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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