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Quantification of a cryopreservation technique for Onchocerca microfilariae in skin snips

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

P. J. Ham  and
A. E. Bianco
P. J. Ham
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Winches Farm Field Station, 395 Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Herts AL4 OXQ, England.
A. E. Bianco
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Winches Farm Field Station, 395 Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Herts AL4 OXQ, England.
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , March 1981 , pp. 59 - 61
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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