An immunogenic Onchocerca volvulus antigen: a specific and early marker of infection.

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Published in Science on March 29, 1991

Authors

E Lobos1, N Weiss, M Karam, H R Taylor, E A Ottesen, T B Nutman

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

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