Vol 27 No 2 December - The Indian Society for Parasitology

JPD : Vol. 27 (2), 2003
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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The authors are grateful to the Indian Council of
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They are greatly indebted to Dr. V.P. Sharma (Exof
Abnormal haemoglobins in the Sudan Savanna of Nigeria I. Prevalence
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Director), Malaria Research Centre, Delhi for
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Jain RC, Andrew AMR, Choubisa SL. 1983. Sickle cell and thalassaemic
Verma (Pathologist) and Dr. S. Khare (S.R.F.) for genes in the tribal population of Rajasthan. Indian Journal of Medical
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analysis of data by Dr. Ajay Choudhary is also Jain RC, Choubisa SL, Acharya A, Andrew AMR, Chhaparwal JK and Joshi
acknowledged.
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