Parasites

Textbook of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 349-354

  Croese, John ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Coevolution; Cryptosporidia spp.; Entamoeba histolytica; Giardia intestinalis; Necator americanus; Strongyloides stercoralis; Trichuris suis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873744493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118321386.ch48     Document Type: Chapter

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