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Studies on the Epidemiology of Filariasis in West Africa, with Special Reference to the British Cameroons and the Niger Delta

I.—Methods of Survey for Infections with Loa Loa and Acanthocheilonema Perstans

W. E. Kershaw From the Department of Entomology and Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and the Loiasis Research Scheme, Kumba
Pages 361-378 | Received 07 Dec 1950, Published online: 22 Mar 2016

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