Zoonotic Larval Cestode Infections: Neglected, Neglected Tropical Diseases?
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1 Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, 2 Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, 3 Department of Microbiology, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, 4 Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009