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Original Articles

Studies on the Intake of Microfilariae by their Insect Vectors, their Survival, and their Effect on the Survival of their Vectors

X.—The Survival of the Tropical Rat Mite, the Vector of Filariasis in the Cotton Rat

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Pages 217-230 | Received 04 Jan 1961, Published online: 17 Mar 2016

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