A successful experience of soil-transmitted helminth control in the Republic of Korea
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Hong Sung-Tae
(Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center)
Chai Jong-Yil (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center) Choi Min-Ho (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center) Huh Sun (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University) Rim Han-Jong (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Korea University) Lee Soon-Hyung (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center) |
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