Chagas disease diagnosis using polymerase chain reaction, hemoculture and serologic methods
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- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- Published by FapUNIFESP (SciELO) in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
- Vol. 94 (suppl 1) , 299-300
- https://doi.org/10.1590/s0074-02761999000700054
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