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Original Articles

Effects of a malaria elimination program: a retrospective study of 623 cases from 2008 to 2013 in a Chinese county hospital near the China – Myanmar border

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Pages 1-8 | Received 14 Sep 2015, Accepted 21 Oct 2015, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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