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High attack rate for malaria through irregular migration routes to a country on verge of elimination
Irregular migration in the form of human smuggling and human trafficking is recognized as a global public health issue. Thirty-two cases of Plasmodium falciparum were detected in 534 irregular migrants returning to Sri Lanka via failed human smuggling routes from West Africa in 2012, contributing to...
Autores principales: | Wickramage, Kolitha, Premaratne, Risintha G, Peiris, Sharika L, Mosca, Davide |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750601/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23919593 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-276 |
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