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Case Reports
. 2006 Apr;99(4):201-2.
doi: 10.1177/014107680609900421.

How easily malaria can be missed

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How easily malaria can be missed

Philip J Allan et al. J R Soc Med. 2006 Apr.
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Patients blood film showing malarial parasites (in colour online)

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