Journal Article10.1016/S0934-8840(11)80805-4
Lymphatic Filariasis: The Disease and its Control. Fifth Report of the WHO Expert Committee on Filariasis; WHO Techn. World Health Organization, Geneva (1992), Report Series, No. 821. VI,71 pages, illustrated, Soft cover, Sw.fr. 10.-
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About: This article is published in Zentralblatt Fur Bakteriologie-international Journal of Medical Microbiology Virology Parasitology and Infectious Diseases. The article was published on 01 Jan 1995.
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