Echinococcosis

Tropical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1304-1326

  Schantz, Peter M ^a   Kern, Peter ^b   Brunetti, Enrico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06668-9.50119-8     Document Type: Chapter

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