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The first introduced malaria case reported from Sri Lanka after elimination: implications for preventing the re-introduction of malaria in recently eliminated countries
BACKGROUND: There has been no local transmission of malaria in Sri Lanka for 6 years following elimination of the disease in 2012. Malaria vectors are prevalent in parts of the country, and imported malaria cases continue to be reported. The country is therefore at risk of malaria being re-establish...
Autores principales: | Karunasena, Vissundara M., Marasinghe, Manonath, Koo, Carmen, Amarasinghe, Saliya, Senaratne, Arundika S., Hasantha, Rasika, Hewavitharana, Mihirini, Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige C., Herath, Hema D. B., Wickremasinghe, Rajitha, Mendis, Kamini N., Fernando, Deepika, Ranaweera, Dewanee |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6591994/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31234941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2843-6 |
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