Malaria control by residual spraying reinforced by short-term chemoprophylaxis.
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BY Major M. A. C. DOWLING, M.R.C.S., D.P.H., D.T.M.&H. Royal Army Medical Corps AND R. D. HUGHES, Ph.D., B.Se. Formerly Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps INTRODUCTION FOLLOWING the occurrence of a number of cases of malaria in naval personnel who had been ashore at Pulau Tioman, a survey of the island was carried out on 29th June, 1955, on behalf of the Royal Navy and with the consent of the Pahang health authorities, in order to estimate the degree of endemicity of the disease and to make recommendations for its control.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
دوره 105 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1959