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Spinose ear tick, Otobius megnini (Dugès, 1884) as the cause of an incident of painful otitis externa in humans : to the editor

T.W. Naudé, H. Heyne, I.R. Van der Merwe, M.J. Benic
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 72, No 3 | a633 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v72i3.633 | © 2001 T.W. Naudé, H. Heyne, I.R. Van der Merwe, M.J. Benic | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 09 July 2001 | Published: 09 July 2001

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