Antigenic variation in Giardia lamblia and the host's immune response

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1359, 1997, Pages 1369-1375

  Nash, Theodore E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 0031590268     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0122     Document Type: Article

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