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DURING investigations on the possibility of inter-vector transmission of the rat trypanosome, Trypanosoma lewisi Kent, by the rat flea Nosopsyllus fasciatus Bosc, new observations have been made on the feeding mechanism and behaviour of the larva.
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MOLYNEUX, D. Feeding Behaviour of the Larval Rat Flea Nosopsyllus fasciatus Bosc. Nature 215, 779 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215779a0
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