Astrovirus-associated diarrhea among Guatemalan ambulatory rural children
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.30.5.1140-1144.1992