Laboratory Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis

Overview

Journal Clin Diagn Lab Immunol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2002 Sep 3

PMID 12204943

Citations 179

Authors

Shyam Sundar

M Rai

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