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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 83, 1989 - Issue 1
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Comparison of potassium hydroxide digestion and a modified Kato technique for the semi-quantitative estimation of Schistosoma mansoni eggs in faeces

I. MarshallTropical Disease Research Centre, P.O. Box 71769, Ndola, Zambia
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J. A. MorrisonTropical Disease Research Centre, P.O. Box 71769, Ndola, Zambia
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W. NyirendaTropical Disease Research Centre, P.O. Box 71769, Ndola, Zambia
Pages 31-35 | Received 12 Jan 1988, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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