Feasibility of repellent use in a context of increasing outdoor transmission: a qualitative study in rural Tanzania.

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Published in Malar J on September 02, 2014

Authors

Onyango Sangoro1, Ann H Kelly, Sarah Mtali, Sarah J Moore

Author Affiliations

1: Ifakara Health Institute, Box 74, Bagamoyo, Tanzania. psangoro@ihi.or.tz.

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