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Predicting the Effectiveness of Population Replacement Strategy Using Mathematical Modeling
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1School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
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Abstract:
Tailoring malaria control interventions to regional transmission dynamics and behavioural characteristics can optimise them in resource-limited settings.
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