Immune reactions to Wuchereria bancrofti infections in Tanzania. I. Serum-mediated adherence of leucocytes to microfilariae in vitro, using serum from different groups of patients

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Immune reactions to Wuchereria bancrofti infections in Tanzania. I. Serum-mediated adherence of leucocytes to microfilariae in vitro, using serum from different groups of patients. / Simonsen, Paul Erik.

In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 77, No. 6, 01.01.1983, p. 829-33.

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Simonsen, PE 1983, 'Immune reactions to Wuchereria bancrofti infections in Tanzania. I. Serum-mediated adherence of leucocytes to microfilariae in vitro, using serum from different groups of patients', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 77, no. 6, pp. 829-33.

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Simonsen, P. E. (1983). Immune reactions to Wuchereria bancrofti infections in Tanzania. I. Serum-mediated adherence of leucocytes to microfilariae in vitro, using serum from different groups of patients. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 77(6), 829-33.

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Simonsen PE. Immune reactions to Wuchereria bancrofti infections in Tanzania. I. Serum-mediated adherence of leucocytes to microfilariae in vitro, using serum from different groups of patients. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1983 Jan 1;77(6):829-33.

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Simonsen, Paul Erik. / Immune reactions to Wuchereria bancrofti infections in Tanzania. I. Serum-mediated adherence of leucocytes to microfilariae in vitro, using serum from different groups of patients. In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1983 ; Vol. 77, No. 6. pp. 829-33.

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