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Enhancement of Schistosoma mansoni infection induced by the Methanol-Extraction Residue (MER) fraction of BCG

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. Hamburger  and
S. Savion
J. Hamburger
Affiliation:
Deportment of Protozoology, Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infections and Tropical Diseases, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
S. Savion
Affiliation:
Deportment of Protozoology, Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infections and Tropical Diseases, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , March 1981 , pp. 45 - 48
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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