Drugs and drug resistance in African trypanosomiasis.

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Published in Drug Resist Updat on April 03, 2007

Authors

Vincent Delespaux1, Harry P de Koning

Author Affiliations

1: Trypanosomosis Unit, Department of Animal Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerpen, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.

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