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A Common Infection of Man Ln Northern Togo and Ghana
Infection with Oesophagostomum sp. is normally considered a rare zoonosis and up to this time its diagnosis has been based on the demonstration of larvae and young adults in the typical nodules formed in the intestinal wall. Only in Dapaong, in North Togo, and Bawku, North Ghana, have larger series of clinical cases been described. In the rural areas around these towns, a survey was made in whi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Verfassung in Recht und Übersee
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0506-7286
DOI: 10.5771/0506-7286-1980-2-115