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Knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria among communities: Comparing epidemic and non-epidemic prone communities of Muleba district, North-western Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Muleba district in North-western Tanzania has experienced malaria epidemics in recent years. Community knowledge, attitudes and practices are important in enhancing disease control interventions. This study investigated determinants of malaria epidemics in the study area in relation to h...

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Autores principales:	Kinung'hi, Safari M, Mashauri, Fabian, Mwanga, Joseph R, Nnko, Soori E, Kaatano, Godfrey M, Malima, Robert, Kishamawe, Coleman, Magesa, Stephen, Mboera, Leonard EG
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2010
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910681/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20602778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-395

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