Maternal helminth infections.
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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 W. Horsnell (ed.), How Helminths Alter Immunity to Infection, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 828, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-1489-0_2 C. Prazeres da Costa () · K. Straubinger Department of Parasitology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technische Universität München, Trogerstrasse 30, 81675 Munich, Germany e-mail: [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology
دوره 828 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014