Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 171-176 , 2009

Prevalence of malaria from peripheral blood smears examination: A 1-year retrospective study from the Serbo Health Center, Kersa Woreda, Ethiopia

  • Kaliyaperumal Karunamoorthi

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Vector Biology & Control, Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
    • Research and Development Center, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Unit of Vector Biology & Control, Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia. Tel.: +251 9135 47847; fax: +251 4711 11450.
    • ,
  • Mammo Bekele

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Vector Biology & Control, Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Received 9 May 2009 ,Revised 27 July 2009 ,Accepted 27 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2009.08.005

Journal of Infection and Public Health
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