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Original Articles

Studies on the Methods of Feeding of Blood-sucking Arthropods

I—The Manner in Which Triatomine Bugs Obtain Their Blood-Meal, as Observed in the Tissues of the Living Rodent, with Some Remarks on the Effects of the Bite on Human Volunteers

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Pages 235-250 | Received 17 Apr 1959, Published online: 17 Mar 2016

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