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IN Africa, fish-ponds and other waters may easily become infested with large numbers of different snails, including the intermediate hosts of bilharzia1.
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DE BONT, A., DE BONT HERS, M. Mollusc Control and Fish-Farming in Central Africa. Nature 170, 323–324 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170323a0
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