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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 73, 1979 - Issue 6
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Bancroftian filariasis and other parasitic infections in the Middle Fly River region of Western Papua New Guinea

I. Clinical, parasitological and serological studies

R. KnightDepartment of Medicine, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
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K. P. W. J. McAdamPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, P.O. Box 60, Goroka, Papua New Guinea
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Y. G. MatolaDepartment of Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, LondonWC1E 7HT
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Valerie KirkhamTropical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, LondonWC1E 7HT
Pages 563-576 | Received 10 Oct 1978, Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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