The Northern Bolivian Altiplano: a region highly endemic for human fascioliasis
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine & International Health
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1360-2276,1365-3156
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00418.x