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Studies on factors influencing the transmission of onchocerciasis

VI.—The infective biting potential of Simulium damnosum in different bioclimatic zones and its influence on the transmission potential

Pages 164-170 | Received 13 Oct 1967, Published online: 15 Mar 2016

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