Epidemiological basis for clinical diagnosis of childhood malaria in endemic zone in West Africa.

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Published in Lancet on November 23, 1991

Authors

A Rougemont1, N Breslow, E Brenner, A L Moret, O Dumbo, A Dolo, G Soula, L Perrin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Community Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Switzerland.

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