Epidemiology of malaria in Victoria 1999-2000: East Timor emerges as a new source of disease

Authors

  • Susan A Skull Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, 3050
  • Graham Tallis Communicable Diseases Section, Department of Human Services, Victoria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2001.25.32

Keywords:

malaria

Abstract

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 3, August 2001 contains information on the epidemiology of malaria, which remains a global problem on a huge scale, with approximately 300-500 million cases and up to 3 million deaths annually.

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Published

30/08/01

How to Cite

Skull, Susan A, and Graham Tallis. 2001. “Epidemiology of Malaria in Victoria 1999-2000: East Timor Emerges As a New Source of Disease”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 25 (August):149-51. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2001.25.32.

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