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DNA technological progress toward advanced diagnostic tools to support human hookworm control.
Biotechnology advances - 1 Jan 2000
Gasser R B, Cantacessi C, Loukas A
Abstract excerpt
Blood-feeding hookworms are parasitic nematodes of major human health importance. Currently, it is estimated that 740 million people are infected worldwide, and more than 80 million of them are severely affected clinically by hookworm disease. In spite of the health problems caused and the advances toward the development of vaccines against some hookworms, limited attention has been paid to the need for improved,...
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