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Malumfashi Endemic Diseases Research Project, XIII

Epidemiology of human encounters with the spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis, in the Malumfashi area of northern Nigeria

R. N. H. PughDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, LiverpoolL3 5QA
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R. D. G. TheakstonDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, LiverpoolL3 5QA
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H. A. ReidDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, LiverpoolL3 5QA
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I. S. BharThe Guinness Eye Clinic, Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria
Pages 523-530 | Received 08 Jun 1979, Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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