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The occurrence in Pakistan of a human Entamoeba of the polecki type*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

George Lubinsky
Affiliation:
Major, Pakistan Army Medical Corps.Central Military Pathological Laboratory, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Extract

1. The occurrence of cysts of the polecki type in an apparently healthy person in Pakistan is recorded.

2. The possible relationship of the polecki type cysts and the minuta form of E. histolytica is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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