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Comment
. 2011 Dec;8(12):e1001144.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001144. Epub 2011 Dec 20.

Estimating the burden of malaria: the need for improved surveillance

Ivo Mueller  1 , Laurence Slutsker, Marcel Tanner
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Comment

Estimating the burden of malaria: the need for improved surveillance

Ivo Mueller et al. PLoS Med. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Ivo Mueller, Laurence Slutsker, and Marcel Tanner highlight the importance of using complementary methods to estimate the burden of malaria and call for a renewed focus on efficient malaria surveillance.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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