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Prevalence of human hydatid disease in northwestern Libya: a cross-sectional ultrasound study

M. K. ShambeshDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Salford, SalfordM5 4WT, U.K.
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C. N. L. MacphersonDepartment of Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
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W. N. BeesleyDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, LiverpoolL3 5QA, U.K.
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A. GusbiDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, LiverpoolL3 5QA, U.K.
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T. ElsonosiMinistry of Health, Tripoli, Libya
Pages 381-386 | Received 18 Dec 1991, Accepted 14 Apr 1992, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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