The global distribution and population at risk of malaria: past, present, and future.

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Published in Lancet Infect Dis on June 01, 2004

Authors

Simon I Hay1, Carlos A Guerra, Andrew J Tatem, Abdisalan M Noor, Robert W Snow

Author Affiliations

1: TALA Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. simon.hay@zoo.ox.ac.uk

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