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PREVIOUS work on a naturally occurring substance which inhibits growth in Biomphalaria sudanica1 indicated that its toxicity was partly due to its surface activity. It was therefore decided to test various commercially produced surface-active agents, at various concentrations, on the survival of this species of snail.
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VISSER, S. Molluscicidal Activity of Surface-active Agents on the Snail Biomphalaria sudanica; a Vector of Bilharzia. Nature 204, 492 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204492a0
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