Malaria's indirect contribution to all-cause mortality in the Andaman Islands during the colonial era.

Malaria has a substantial secondary effect on other causes of mortality. From the 19th century, malaria epidemics in the Andaman Islands' penal colony were initiated by the brackish swamp-breeding malaria vector Anopheles sundaicus and fuelled by the importation of new prisoners. Malaria was a...

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Main Authors: Shanks, G, Hay, S, Bradley, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008