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Experiments to Test the Possibility of Transovarial Transmission of Yellow Fever Virus in the Mosquito Aëdes (Stegomyia) Africanus Theobald

J. D. Gillett From the Virus Research InstituteEntebbe, Uganda
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R. W. Ross From the Virus Research InstituteEntebbe, Uganda
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G. W. A. Dick From the Virus Research InstituteEntebbe, Uganda
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A. J. Haddow From the Virus Research InstituteEntebbe, Uganda
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L. E. Hewitt From the Virus Research InstituteEntebbe, Uganda
Pages 342-350 | Received 01 Dec 1950, Published online: 22 Mar 2016

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