Age dependence of the multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections and of other malariological indices in an area of high endemicity.

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Published in Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg on February 01, 1999

Authors

T Smith1, H P Beck, A Kitua, S Mwankusye, I Felger, N Fraser-Hurt, A Irion, P Alonso, T Teuscher, M Tanner

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1: Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland. smith@ubaclu.unibas.ch

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