Report on Leprosy Survey Work at Manbazar Thana, District Manbhum, Bihar and Orissa
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Studies in the Anopheline Fauna and Malaria of Bhagalpur (Bihar and Orissa)
Entomologist, Spirochetosis Transmission Enquiry Calcutta School of Tropical Mcdicinc. In October 1929, whilst on leave, I carried out a study of the anopheline fauna and malaria in Blmgalpur. The results of this investigation may be of some interest, as there is no previous detailed record of the anopheline fauna nor of the malaria of the place. Bhagalpur, the chief town and administrative hea...
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