The relationship between the Plasmodium falciparum parasite ratio in childhood and climate estimates of malaria transmission in Kenya.

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Published in Malar J on June 17, 2004

Authors

Judith A Omumbo1, Simon I Hay, Carlos A Guerra, Robert W Snow

Author Affiliations

1: Public Health Group, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories P,O, Box 43640, 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya. jomumbo@wtnairobi.mimcom.net

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