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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Application of an ELISA test using Schistosoma bovis adult worm antigens in travellers and immigrants from a schistosomiasis endemic area and its correlation with clinical findings

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Pages 435-440 | Received 18 Jul 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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