Three years of collaboration on the standardization of Chagas' disease serodiagnosis in the Americas: an appraisal
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Camargo, M. E., Segura, E. L., Kagan, I. G., Souza, J. M. de, Carvalheiro, J. da R., Yanovsky, J. F., & Guimarães, M. C. (1986). Three years of collaboration on the standardization of Chagas’ disease serodiagnosis in the Americas: an appraisal [Journal articles]. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/27228
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