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Original Articles

An Assessment of the Insecticidal Control of Simulium Damnosum Theobald in Abuja Emirate, Northern Nigeria, from 1955 to 1960

I.—The Effect on the Prevalence of Onchocerciasis in the Human Population

(Entomologist)
Pages 161-181 | Received 04 Sep 1962, Published online: 17 Mar 2016

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