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. 1998 Jul 1;89(4):258–259. doi: 10.1007/BF03403931

North American Liver Fluke (Metorchis conjunctus) in a Canadian Aboriginal Population: A Submerging Human Pathogen?

Marcel A Behr ^112,^✉, Theresa W Gyorkos ^212,³¹², Evelyne Kokoskin ⁴¹², Brian J Ward ⁴¹², J Dick MacLean ⁵¹²

PMCID: PMC6990196 PMID: 9735521

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