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The seroprevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis among epileptic patients in León, Nicaragua, as evaluated by ELISA and western blotting

F. BucardoDepartamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua (UNAN-León), Campus Medico 2º Piso, León, Nicaragua
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A. Meza-LucasInstituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia EpidemiológicosSecretaría de Salud, Carpio 470, Colonia Santo Tomás, C.P. 11340, Mexico, DF, Mexico
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F. EspinozaDepartamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua (UNAN-León), Campus Medico 2º Piso, León, Nicaragua
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R. C. García-JerónimoInstituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia EpidemiológicosSecretaría de Salud, Carpio 470, Colonia Santo Tomás, C.P. 11340, Mexico, DF, Mexico
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R. García-RodeaInstituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia EpidemiológicosSecretaría de Salud, Carpio 470, Colonia Santo Tomás, C.P. 11340, Mexico, DF, Mexico
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D. CorreaSubdirección de Medicina ExperimentalInstituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, Avenida Insurgentes Sur 3700-C, Colonia Insurgentes Cuicuilco, C. P. 04530, Mexico, DF, Mexico
Pages 41-45 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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