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The burrowing behaviour of Bulinus nyassanus, intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium, in Lake Malaŵi

H Madsen DBL Centre for Health Research and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 57, 1871 Frederiksberg C, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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JR Stauffer Jr School of Forest Resources, Penn State UniversityUniversity Park, PA, 16802, USA
Pages 113-116 | Received 09 May 2011, Accepted 18 Oct 2011, Published online: 02 Apr 2012

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