History of malaria control in Tajikistan and rapid malaria appraisal in an agro-ecological setting
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* Corresponding author: Barbara Matthys barbara.matthys@unibas.ch
Malaria Journal 2008, 7:217 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-217
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