Rapid Urban Malaria Appraisal (RUMA) IV: epidemiology of urban malaria in Cotonou (Benin).

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Published in Malar J on June 02, 2006

Authors

Shr-Jie Wang1, Christian Lengeler, Thomas A Smith, Penelope Vounatsou, Martin Akogbeto, Marcel Tanner

Author Affiliations

1: Swiss Tropical Institute (STI), P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland. Shrjie.wang@unibas.ch

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