Does radical cure of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum place adults in endemic areas at increased risk of recurrent symptomatic malaria?

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on July 01, 2002

Authors

Seth Owusu-Agyei1, Fred Binka, Kwadwo Koram, Francis Anto, Martin Adjuik, Francis Nkrumah, Tom Smith

Author Affiliations

1: Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana.

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