Animal models for infectious diseases caused by parasites: Leishmaniasis
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Animal models for infectious diseases caused by parasites: Leishmaniasis Camila I. de Oliveira, Maria Jânia Teixeira, Régis Gomes, Aldina Barral, Cláudia Brodskyn* Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz-Fundação do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Waldemar Falcão, 121, Brotas, Salvador, BA, CEP 41820475, Brazil Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil Institute of Investigation in Immunology, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
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تاریخ انتشار 2004