Antibodies to the phenolic glycolipid-1 antigen for epidemiologic investigations of enzootic leprosy in armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus)
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Records of Nine-Banded Armadillos, Dasypus novemcinctus, in Illinois
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عنوان ژورنال: Leprosy Review
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0305-7518
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19900003