The rK39 strip test is non-predictor of clinical status for kala-azar

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Singh, Dharmendra ^a   Sundar, Shyam ^a   Mohapatra, Tribhuban ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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NASO HEXACANTHUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 77249153716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-187     Document Type: Article

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