Plasmodium berghei bio-burden correlates with parasite lactate dehydrogenase: application to murine Plasmodium diagnostics
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عنوان ژورنال: Malaria Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1475-2875
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-1027-2