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In vitro cultivation of rickettsia-like-organisms from Glossina spp.

Susan C. WelburnTsetse Research Laboratory, University of Bristol, Langford, BristolBS18 7DU, U.K.
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I. MaudlinTsetse Research Laboratory, University of Bristol, Langford, BristolBS18 7DU, U.K.
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D. S. EllisLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, LondonWC1E 7HT, U.K.
Pages 331-335 | Received 18 Jun 1986, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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