Amazonian onchocerciasis: parasitological profiles by host-age, sex, and endemicity in southern Venezuela

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  2000

• Venue

  Parasitology

• Publication date

  2000-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1017/S0031182099006642PMID 11128803
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