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AN apparent nuclear disease of the larva of the crane fly, Tipula paludosa, was briefly described in 1923 by Rennie1. We have now rediscovered this disease, which seems to be infectious, and have compared it to some extent with the nuclear and cytoplasmic polyhedroses of lepidopterous larvæ, from which it differs in some important respects.
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SMITH, K., XEROS, N. An Unusual Virus Disease of a Dipterous Larva. Nature 173, 866–867 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173866a0
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