Diagnosing human African trypanosomiasis in Angola using a card agglutination test: observational study of active and passive case finding strategies

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  2006

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  British medical journal

• Publication date

  2006-06-15

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1136/bmj.38859.531354.7CPMID 16777858PMCID PMC1482336
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