Inhibition of Giardia lamblia excystation by antibodies against cyst walls and by wheat germ agglutinin
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2151-2157.1996