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Malaria in Rural Settlements in Palestine: 1. Incidence and Etiology of Malaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

I. J. Kligler
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From the Malaria Research Unit1, Department of Health, Palestine.
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The impression has always prevailed, that malaria is the most common disease in Palestine, and that it is more or less highly prevalent in all of rural Palestine. This impression, based as it is on mass experience, is in general correct; but it lacks the certainty derived from statistical data.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1924

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