669. Changing Epidemiology of Murine Typhus in Texas
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Murine Typhus in Austin, Texas, USA, 2008
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2328-8957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy210.676