Plasmodium infection and its risk factors in eastern Uganda.

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Published in Malar J on January 04, 2010

Authors

Rachel L Pullan1, Hasifa Bukirwa, Sarah G Staedke, Robert W Snow, Simon Brooker

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. rachel.pullan@lshtm.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Malaria Surveillance in Rakai, Uganda | NCT01265407

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