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A review of methods for testing compounds for filaricidal activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

D. A. Denham
D. A. Denham
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External Staff Member of the Medical Research Council, Department of Medical Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 175 - 187
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