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. 2007 Mar;13(3):507-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1303.060706.

Kala-azar control, Uganda

Jan H Kolaczinski, Dagemlidet Tesfaye Worku, François Chappuis, Richard Reithinger, Narcis Kabatereine, Ambrose Onapa, Simon Brooker

Kala-azar control, Uganda

Jan H Kolaczinski et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Mar.
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A large termite mound occupies the central area of this characteristic Pokot compound. The mound provides a resting and breeding site for the sandly vector of visceral leishmaniasis. Photographer: J.H. Kolaczinski.
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