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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 83, 1989 - Issue 3
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Diagnosis of human hydatid disease in surgically- confirmed cases by the use of the indirect haemagglutination test based on a thermo-stable lipoprotein and on unfractionated hydatid cyst fluid

F. M. NjeruhDepartment of Veterinary Public Health, University of. Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053, Kabete. Nairobi, Kenya
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J. M. GathumaDepartment of Veterinary Public Health, University of. Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053, Kabete. Nairobi, Kenya
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G. B. A. OkeloDepartment of Medicine, University of. Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya
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A. G. Tumboh-OeriDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya
Pages 299-303 | Received 10 May 1988, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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