Antimalarial Properties of some Cameroonian medicinal plants against Plasmodium berghei K173 growth in small animals
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.344