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Sri Lanka malaria maps

Despite a relatively good national case reporting system in Sri Lanka, detailed maps of malaria distribution have not been publicly available. In this study, monthly records over the period 1995 - 2000 of microscopically confirmed malaria parasite positive blood film readings, at sub-district spatia...

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Published in:Malaria journal 2003-07, Vol.2 (1), p.22-22, Article 22
Main Authors: Briët, Olivier J T, Gunawardena, Dissanayake M, van der Hoek, Wim, Amerasinghe, Felix P
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