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Kala-azar control, Uganda

Jan H Kolaczinski et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Mar.

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A large termite mound occupies the central area of this characteristic Pokot compound. The mound provides a resting and breeding site for the sandly vector of visceral leishmaniasis. Photographer: J.H. Kolaczinski.

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