Malaria
- ISBN-10
- 1590185927
- ISBN-13
- 9781590185926
- Series
- Malaria
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-07-15
- Author
- Melissa Abramovitz
Description
Discusses the symptoms and prognosis of people with malaria and how it is spread, including a history of how people have dealt with malaria in the past and what is being done to eradicate it in the future.
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- 2023-03-15
- 45 pages
- Ebook
- Springer Nature
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