The Rise and Fall of Human Oesophagostomiasis

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue C, 2010, Pages 93-155

  Polderman, A M ^a   Eberhard, M ^b   Baeta, S ^c   Gasser, Robin B ^d   van Lieshout, L ^a   Magnussen, P ^e   Olsen, A ^e   Spannbrucker, N ^f   Ziem, J ^g   Horton, J ^h  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^f Board of Public Health Neuruppin   (Germany)

^g The Paddock   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

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EID: 85012893468     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-308X(10)71002-2     Document Type: Chapter

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