International Health
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 130-135 , June 2010

Malaria notifications in the Australian Defence Force from 1998 to 2007

Received 28 September 2009 ,Revised 20 December 2009 ,Accepted 10 March 2010.

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International Health
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