Filariasis and other emerging parasitic infections
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‘‘Emerging’’ Parasitic Infections in Arctic Ungulates1
*Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada †U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. National Parasite Collection, and Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, BARC East 1180, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20715 ‡Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Deve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Parasitology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2229-5070
DOI: 10.4103/2229-5070.97229