Elimination of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Tajikistan
Abstract Malaria was eliminated in Tajikistan by the beginning of the 1960s. However, sporadic introduced cases of malaria occurred subsequently probably as a result of transmission from infected mosquito Anopheles flying over river the Punj from the border areas of Afghanistan. During the 1970s and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-05-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1861-5 |