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Original Articles

Hydatid disease in the Turkana district of Kenya

VI. Man:dog contact and its role in the transmission and control of hydatidosis amongst the Turkana

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Pages 343-356 | Received 21 Apr 1987, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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