Scale up of a Plasmodium falciparum elimination program and surveillance system in Kayin State, Myanmar

Wellcome Open Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Parker, Daniel M ^a   Landier, Jordi ^a   Thu, Aung Myint ^a   Lwin, Khin Maung ^a   Delmas, Gilles ^a   Nosten, François H ^b  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85035750834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2398502X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12741.1     Document Type: Article

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