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Serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of the Sudan

R. E. AbdallaDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 102, Khartoum, Sudan
Pages 415-419 | Received 22 Feb 1979, Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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