Optimal (Control of) Intervention Strategies for Malaria Epidemic in Karonga District, Malawi
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عنوان ژورنال: Abstract and Applied Analysis
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1085-3375,1687-0409
DOI: 10.1155/2014/594256