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Field Studies of the Role of Anopheles Atroparvusin the Transmission of Myxomatosis in England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. C. Muirhead-Thomson
R. C. Muirhead-Thomson
Affiliation:
Infestation Control Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tolworth, Surrey
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Evidence is presented that outbreaks of myxomatosis among domestic rabbits at Newhaven in Sussex were spread through the agency of Anopheles atroparvus. The habits of this insect are discussed in relation to its possible importance as a vector of myxomatosis.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , December 1956 , pp. 472 - 477
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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