Resurgence of malaria in Sri Lanka in the 1970s

Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 29-41

  Dutt, Ashok K ^a   Dutta, Hiran M ^b   Parera, Clifford ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry and wet zones; Malaria eradication; Sri Lanka; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932124038     PISSN: 18797180     EISSN: 18797199     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3358-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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