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Differences in microscopic diagnosis of helminths and intestinal protozoa among diagnostic centres

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Acknowledgements

This investigation received financial support from the University of Toronto Medical Alumni Association for an International Summer Research Scholarship to I.I.B, the Roche Research Foundation for partial funding of a PhD fellowship to G.R, and the Swiss National Science Foundation supporting G.R (project no. PBBSB-109011) and J.U. (project no. PPOOB-102883).

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A8, Canada

    I. I. Bogoch

  2. Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, P.O. Box, 4002, Basel, Switzerland

    G. Raso & J. Utzinger

  3. Diagnostic Centre, Swiss Tropical Institute, P.O. Box, 4002, Basel, Switzerland

    H. P. Marti

  4. Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, 4006, Australia

    G. Raso

  5. Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, 01 BP 1303, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire

    E. K. N’Goran

  6. UFR Biosciences, Université d’Abidjan-Cocody, 22 PB 770, Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire

    E. K. N’Goran

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Bogoch, I.I., Raso, G., N’Goran, E.K. et al. Differences in microscopic diagnosis of helminths and intestinal protozoa among diagnostic centres. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25, 344–347 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0135-x

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