International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Year: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Page No. 1 - 6

Definitive Diagnosis of Plasmodium Species and Treatment of Malaria, Using Parasitological and Immunodiagnostic Techniques among Households in Idah Local Government Area (LGA), Kogi State, Nigeria

Authors : I.A.A. Ejima, I.U. Drisu, U. Yusuf, E.S. Okenyi and S.I. Ejima

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