Parasitic diseases in Africa and the Western Hemisphere : early documentation and transmission by the slave trade
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(2) PARASITIC DISEASES IN AFRICA AND THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE EARLY DOCUMENTATION AND TRANSMISSION BY THE SLAVE TRADE. By. R.Hoeppli, M.D., D.SC. Professor of Parasitology, Peking Union Medical College, Peking 1930-52, Visiting Professor of Parasitology, University of Malaya, Singapore 1952-58, Resident Director, Liberian Institute of the American Foundation for Tropical Medicine, Harbel, Liberia, 1959-63.. The investigation on which this book is based was supported by the Public Health Service, Research Grant No. AI-05556, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States Public Health Service, to the American Foun¬ dation for Tropical Medicine.. 1969. VERLAG FÜR RECHT UND GESELLSCHAFT AG. BASEL.
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