A renewed way of malaria control in Karnataka, South India

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JUN, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-3

  Ghosh, Susanta K ^a   Tiwari, Satyanarayan ^a   Ojha, Viajy P ^a  

^a National Institute of Malaria Research   (India)

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EID: 84866389795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00194     Document Type: Article

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