Maternal-fetal Transmission of Trypanosoma Cruzi

American Trypanosomiasis

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 539-581

  Carlier, Yves ^a   Truyens, Carine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384876-5.00022-8     Document Type: Chapter

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