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Original Articles

Some developments in techniques for the study of the rodent filarial parasite Litomosoides carinii

II.—A quantitative method for the culture of the mite Ornithonyssus bacoti and for the routine transmission of Litomosoides carinii to Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis

Pages 469-477 | Received 24 Jun 1968, Published online: 15 Mar 2016

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