Malaria in Injection Drug Abusers in Vietnam
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Malaria drug - resistance in Iran
Introduction: Malaria is a public health problem for approximately 2.4 billion people, 40% of the world’s population, particularly in the tropical and subtropical countries. Countries in Asia, and Latin America, the islands of the South, West, and central pacific ocean are all affected. Drug resistance is the greatest challenge in combating against malaria. Drug resistance in malaria is now w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/340053