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Some Problems in Bilharziasis in Africa and the Adjoining Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

P. L. LeRoux
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Extract

As an old student of Emeritus Professor R. T. Leiper it gives me great pleasure to contribute something for the Anniversary number. It was indeed an ordeal for me to decide what to contribute in honour of this famous man who is happily still with us.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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