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20 - Miscellaneous mites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2014

Mike Service
Mike Service
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Medical Entomology for Students , pp. 254 - 259
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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  • Miscellaneous mites
  • Mike Service, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
  • Book: Medical Entomology for Students
  • Online publication: 05 July 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511811012.024
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  • Miscellaneous mites
  • Mike Service, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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  • Mike Service, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
  • Book: Medical Entomology for Students
  • Online publication: 05 July 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511811012.024
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