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Malaria epidemiology in the Ahafo area of Ghana

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains endemic in sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana. The epidemiology of malaria in special areas, such as mining areas needs to be monitored and controlled. Newmont Ghana Gold Limited is conducting mining activities in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana that...

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Autores principales:	Asante, Kwaku P, Zandoh, Charles, Dery, Dominic B, Brown, Charles, Adjei, George, Antwi-Dadzie, Yaw, Adjuik, Martin, Tchum, Kofi, Dosoo, David, Amenga-Etego, Seeba, Mensah, Christine, Owusu-Sekyere, Kwabena B, Anderson, Chris, Krieger, Gary, Owusu-Agyei, Seth
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2011
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3171375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21801344 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-211

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