Research Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2013
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page No. 1 - 5

Toxorhynchites Rutilus Rutilus Larvae: A Potential Biological Control Agent for Malaria in Uganda

Authors : Jasper Ogwal-Okeng, Godfrey S. Bbosa, Mary Namaganda, Aloysius Lubega, Moses Zziwa and James Kalema

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