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Human visceral pentastomiasis: Armillifer armillatus

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  1. Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Via Sempreboni 5, 37024, Negrar, Italy

    Anna Beltrame & Zeno Bisoffi

  2. Department of Public Health, Institute of Legal Medicine, Forensic Genetic Laboratory, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, P.le L.A. Scuro, 37134, Verona, Italy

    Dario Raniero

  3. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Lawrence R. Ash

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Beltrame, A., Raniero, D., Bisoffi, Z. et al. Human visceral pentastomiasis: Armillifer armillatus . Infection 45, 389–390 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-016-0958-z

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