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Improved survival and oviposition of Simulium damnosum (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

M.D. Wilson ,
M.Y. Osei-Atweneboana ,
D.A. Boakye  and
P.J. McCall
M.D. Wilson
Affiliation:
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
M.Y. Osei-Atweneboana
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
D.A. Boakye
Affiliation:
Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
P.J. McCall*
Affiliation:
Division of Parasite & Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
*
*Fax: 0151 708 7319 E-mail: mccall@liv.ac.uk
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , June 2000 , pp. 285 - 289
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