Absence of seasonal variation in malaria parasitaemia in an area of intense seasonal transmission.

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Published in Acta Trop on June 01, 1993

Authors

T Smith1, J D Charlwood, J Kihonda, S Mwankusye, P Billingsley, J Meuwissen, E Lyimo, W Takken, T Teuscher, M Tanner

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1: Ifakara Centre, Tanzania.

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