Endosymbiotic bacteria in worms as targets for a novel chemotherapy in filariasis.

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  The Lancet

• Publication date

  2000-04-08

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02095-XPMID 10770311
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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