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DURING an investigation on bat malaria on the East African coast, mosquitoes were fed on infected bats to ascertain the possible course of sporogony of the parasite. The contents of the mid-gut of mosquitoes, fed at various intervals before dissection, were then examined, and instead of ookinetes of malaria, numerous flagellates were found in all the specimens. These included the following: 
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HEISCH, R., GARNHAM, P. Fortuitous Xeno-diagnosis of Bat Trypanosomiasis. Nature 172, 248 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172248a0
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