Sexually-transmitted amoebiasis: epidemiology and serodiagnosis
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[Sexually transmitted infections: epidemiology and control].
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761988000500074