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. 2005 Dec;11(12):1977-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid1112.050217.

Human Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Jamaica

Cecelia A Waugh, Shira Shafir, Matthew Wise, Ralph D Robinson, Mark L Eberhard, John F Lindo

Human Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Jamaica

Cecelia A Waugh et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Dec.
No abstract available

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