Asymptomatic Leishmania infection: a new challenge for Leishmania control.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on February 27, 2014

Authors

Om Prakash Singh1, Epco Hasker, David Sacks, Marleen Boelaert, Shyam Sundar

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1: Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

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