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Original Articles

Studies on the Control of the Vectors of Loiasis in West Africa

IV.—The Persistence of DDT, Dieldrin, Aldrin and Gamma-BHC in the Mud of Natural Tabanid Breeding-Sites in the Rain-Forest of the Cameroons

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Pages 283-299 | Received 30 Apr 1963, Published online: 17 Mar 2016

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