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A comparative study on the effect of chloroquine and ammonium chloride on feeding process of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro

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Zhang, Y., Just, W.W. A comparative study on the effect of chloroquine and ammonium chloride on feeding process of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro. Parasitol Res 73, 475–478 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00538208

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