Preliminary evaluation of recombinant Onchocerca volvulus antigens for serodiagnosis of onchocerciasis.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on July 01, 1993

Authors

A F Ogunrinade1, R Chandrashekar, M L Eberhard, G J Weil

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

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