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Original Articles

Studies on the dynamics of transmission of onchocerciasis in a Sudan-savanna area of North Cameroon II

Seasonal and diurnal changes in the biting densities and in the age-composition of the vector population

Pages 229-237 | Received 30 Jan 1985, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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