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The effect of albendazole on Oesophagostomum bifurcum infection and pathology in children from rural northern Ghana

P. A. StoreyDepartment of Parasitology, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, P.O. Box 9600, 2300RCLeiden, The Netherlands, and Edinburgh University Medical School, Teviot Place, EdinburghEH8 9AG, U.K.
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S. BugriDepartment of Public Health, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box M44, Accra, Ghana
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P. MagnussenDanish Bilharziasis Laboratory, faegersborg Allé 1D, DK 2920Charlottenlund, Denmark
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A. M. PoldermanDepartment of Parasitology, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, P.O. Box 9600, 2300RCLeiden, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 87-95 | Received 31 Jul 2000, Accepted 10 Nov 2000, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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