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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 76, 1982 - Issue 3
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Immunosuppression and experimental amoebiasis in guinea-pigs

V. K. VinayakDivision of Experimental Parasitology, Department of Experimental Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012, India
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Sunita SawhneyDivision of Experimental Parasitology, Department of Experimental Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012, India
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P. JainDivision of Experimental Parasitology, Department of Experimental Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012, India
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Shashi ChughDivision of Experimental Parasitology, Department of Experimental Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012, India
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R. N. ChakravartiDivision of Experimental Parasitology, Department of Experimental Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012, India
Pages 309-316 | Received 28 Aug 1980, Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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