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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Malaria: History of Combating the Disease. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_4043-1

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