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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 82, 1988 - Issue 5
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Immunosuppressive medication associated with leishmanial antibodies in adults residing in an endemic focus of infantile visceral leishmaniasis—a case/control study

F. M. FeinsodEpidemiology and Biometry Section, CESB, MIDP, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
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A. J. SaahEpidemiology and Biometry Section, CESB, MIDP, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
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R. FarisAin Shams University Research and Training Center on Vectors of Disease, Cairo, Egypt
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S. M. El SaidAin Shams University Research and Training Center on Vectors of Disease, Cairo, Egypt
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N. A. KarimAin Shams University Research and Training Center on Vectors of Disease, Cairo, Egypt
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M. LondnerKuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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G. RosenKuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Pages 457-460 | Received 10 Apr 1987, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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