A Case of Urogenital Human Schistosomiasis from a Non-endemic Area
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چکیده
1 ISGlobal, Barcelona Center of International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2 Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, 3 Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, 4 Department of Parasitology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, 5 Microbiology Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, 6 Urology Department, Diagnostic Unit, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, 7 Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015