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Chapter 13 - Ectoparasites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

By
Jan Shoenberger ,
William Mallon  and
R. James Salway
Edited by
Rachel L. Chin ,
Bradley W. Frazee  and
Zlatan Coralic
Rachel L. Chin
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Bradley W. Frazee
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Zlatan Coralic
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases , pp. 87 - 97
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Heukelbach, J. and Feldmeier, H. Ectoparasites – the underestimated realm. Lancet 2004; 363(9412): 889–91.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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