Epidemiology of American trypanosomiasis in northern Peru.

Ann Trop Med Parasitol

Instituto de Investigación en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Trujillo, Peru.

Published: October 2007

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