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The cyst wall carbohydrate composition of Balamuthia mandrillaris

Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui1, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Edward L Jarroll

  • 1School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, England, UK.

Parasitology Research
|February 14, 2009
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