Estimating medium- and long-term trends in malaria transmission by using serological markers of malaria exposure.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 25, 2005

Authors

C J Drakeley1, P H Corran, P G Coleman, J E Tongren, S L R McDonald, I Carneiro, R Malima, J Lusingu, A Manjurano, W M M Nkya, M M Lemnge, J Cox, H Reyburn, E M Riley

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1: Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom.

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