Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 278246, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/278246
Review Article

Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases: Old and New Approaches

Momar Ndao

National Reference Centre for Parasitology, McGill University Centre for Tropical Diseases, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue R3-137, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A4, Canada

Received 31 May 2009; Accepted 29 August 2009

Academic Editor: Herbert B. Tanowitz

Copyright © 2009 Momar Ndao. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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