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Island fever: the historical determinants of malaria in the Andaman Islands

Submitted by Kabogo on March 5, 2010 - 11:56
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Author(s): 
G. Dennis Shanks, David J. Bradley
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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 104, Issue 3, March 2010, Pages 185-190
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dennis.shanks@defence.gov.au

The history of malaria control in the Andaman Islands Penal Colony is a cautionary tale that well-meaning and well-funded efforts can fail spectacularly if local epidemiological reality is not well understood.

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