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Reduction in the severity of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni in mice by previous exposure to cercariae of the bird schistosome Trichobilharzia szidati

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

Erling Møller Pedersen
Affiliation:
Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Jaegersborg Alle 1 D, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
Niels Ørnbjerg Christensen
Affiliation:
Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Jaegersborg Alle 1 D, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
Flemming Frandsen
Affiliation:
Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Jaegersborg Alle 1 D, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark

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