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Excystation of the metacercarial cysts of Echinostoma caproni in a frozen and thawed trypsin–bile salts–cysteine medium

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Saxton, T.M., Fried, B. Excystation of the metacercarial cysts of Echinostoma caproni in a frozen and thawed trypsin–bile salts–cysteine medium. Parasitol Res 102, 809–810 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-007-0850-y

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