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Anti-malaria drive in slums [1]

The civic health department will organise a spot blood test campaign in slum areas from next week to detect malignant malaria. The campaign was launched following a directive from the state health department. Health officials will collect blood samples from people suffering from fever. "The main objective is to isolate the people infected with Plasmodium falciparum

Publication Date: 
29/07/2008
Telegraph (Kolkata) [2]
Tags:
Malaria [3], Vector Borne Diseases [4], Calcutta (D) [5]
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