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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 78, 1984 - Issue 2
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Preliminary schistosomiasis survey in the lower Volta River below Akosombo Dam, Ghana

S. T. WenSchistosomiasis Unit, P. O. Box M-190, Accra, Ghana
&
K. Y. Chu c/o Dr. A. Davis, P.D.P., WHO Headquarters, 1211 Geneva27, Switzerland
Pages 129-133 | Received 06 Aug 1982, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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