Toxocara canis: a labile antigenic surface coat overlying the epicuticle of infective larvae.

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Published in Exp Parasitol on August 01, 1992

Authors

A P Page1, W Rudin, E Fluri, M L Blaxter, R M Maizels

Author Affiliations

1: Wellcome Research Centre for Parasitic Infections, Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, U.K.

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