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Original Articles

Malumfashi Endemic Diseases Research Project, XIII

Epidemiology of human encounters with the spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis, in the Malumfashi area of northern Nigeria

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Pages 523-530 | Received 08 Jun 1979, Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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