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. 1998 Mar 31;95(7):3346-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.95.7.3346.

Is sex better? Parasites say "no"

F J Ayala  1
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Is sex better? Parasites say "no"

F J Ayala. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Figure 1
World distribution of Chagas disease. [Reproduced with permission from ref. (copyright 1991, World Health Organization).]
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Figure 2
World distribution of malaria. [Reproduced with permission from ref. (copyright 1991, World Health Organization).]
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