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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Nasib Singh

  2. Division of Parasitology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India

    Anuradha Dube

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  1. Institute of Zoomorphology and Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

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Singh, N., Dube, A. (2015). Reporter Genes in Parasites. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_3511-1

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