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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 74, 1980 - Issue 2
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The isolation and identification of leishmanial parasites from domestic dogs in the Machakos District of Kenya, and the possible role of dogs as reservoirs of kala-azar in East Africa

M. J. MutingaDepartment of Zoology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya
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J. M. NgokaDepartment of Zoology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya
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L. F. SchnurDepartment of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, LiverpoolL3 5QA, England
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M. L. ChanceDepartment of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, LiverpoolL3 5QA, England
Pages 139-144 | Received 13 Feb 1979, Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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