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Review
. 2001 Oct;175(4):277-9.
doi: 10.1136/ewjm.175.4.277.

Immigrant women's health: Infectious diseases - Part 2

R Avery  1
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Immigrant women's health: Infectious diseases - Part 2

R Avery. West J Med. 2001 Oct.
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The legs of a woman with severe lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) R Umesh Chandran, TDR, WHO/ Science Photo Library
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Parasites under the skin: foot of a woman showing cutaneous larva migrans Dr P Marazzi/Science Photo Library
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