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. 2022 Dec 1;3(4):184-193.
doi: 10.1089/phage.2022.29037.inp. Epub 2022 Dec 19.

A Brief History of Phage Research and Teaching in Africa

Tobi E Nagel  1 , Ivy J Mutai  2 , Theodore Josephs  3 , Martha R J Clokie  3
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A Brief History of Phage Research and Teaching in Africa

Tobi E Nagel et al. Phage (New Rochelle). .
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Institutions in Africa where phage research has been conducted, based on a review of the literature, as well as the authors' communications with a network of African scientists (Adapted from: Ali A. Fazal, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, through Wikimedia Commons.
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