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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 85, 1991 - Issue 6
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Susceptibility of four species of copepods, from areas of endemic Dracunculus medinensis, to the North American D. insignis

J. J. SullivanDivision of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases and WHO Collaborating Center for Research, Training and Eradication of Dracunculiasis, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia30333, U.S.A.
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H. S. BishopDivision of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases and WHO Collaborating Center for Research, Training and Eradication of Dracunculiasis, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia30333, U.S.A.
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A. W. HightowerDivision of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases and WHO Collaborating Center for Research, Training and Eradication of Dracunculiasis, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia30333, U.S.A.
Pages 637-643 | Received 18 Jul 1990, Accepted 17 Oct 1991, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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