Immunologic aspects of the pathogenesis of human onchocerciasis
Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a parasitic disease that affects more than 20 million people globally. The induction of pathology is directly related to the presence and destruction of the microfilarial stages (mf) of this filarial nematode. The disease presents clinically with a wide spectru...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Stockholms universitet, Wenner-Grens institut för experimentell biologi
2006
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-793 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-7155-202-2 |