Effect of topography on the risk of malaria infection in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.

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Published in Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg on July 01, 2004

Authors

M J Balls1, R Bødker, C J Thomas, W Kisinza, H A Msangeni, S W Lindsay

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1: School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.

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