Malaria mortality rates in South Asia and in Africa: implications for malaria control.

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Published in Parasitol Today on September 01, 1998

Authors

H K Alles1, K N Mendis, R Carter

Author Affiliations

1: University of Colombo, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Malaria Research Unit, Kynsey Road, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka.

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