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Increasing incidence of Dicrocoelium hospes (Looss, 1907) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Violet Kajubiri
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Wilhelm Hohorst
Affiliation:
Hoechst A.G., Frankfurt Main-Höchst, F.R.G.

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