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THE dual role of Anopheles gambiæ as a vector of both human malaria and bancroftian filariasis in Africa has long been established. Recently a curious relation between the two infections in the mosquito has come to light, for which there is no really satisfactory explanation.
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Raghavan, N. G. S., Misra, B. G., and Roy, R., Nature, 170, 253 (1952).
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MUIRHEAD-THOMSON, R. Inter-relations between Filarial and Malarial Infections in Anopheles gambiæ. Nature 172, 352–353 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172352a0
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