Major decline in malaria morbidity and mortality in the union of comoros between 2010 and 2014: The effect of a combination of prevention and control measures

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 709-714

  Kassim, S A ^a,b   James, P B ^a   Alolga, R N ^a   Assanhou, A G ^a   Kassim, S M ^b   Bacar, A ^c   Silai, R ^c   Tian, L ^a   Li, H ^a   Ma, A ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Malaria Control Center   (Comoros)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE FATALITY RATE; COMOROS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84976493237     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i7.10902     Document Type: Article

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