Hospitalization of Cuban children for giardiasis: a retrospective study in a paediatric hospital in Havana.

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Published in Ann Trop Med Parasitol on January 01, 2011

Authors

A A Escobedo1, P Almirall, M Alfonso, Y Salazar, I Avila, S Cimerman, F A Núñez, I V Dawkins

Author Affiliations

1: Academic Paediatric Hospital Pedro Borrás, Calle F No. 616, Vedado, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. escobedo@infomed.sld.cu

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