Cestode infection: Immunological considerations from host and tapeworm perspectives

Parasitic Flatworms: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology and Physiology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 193-209

  McKay, D M ^a   Webb, R A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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