Body Lice,Yersinia pestisOrientalis, and Black Death
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Body Lice, Yersinia pestis Orientalis, and Black Death
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1610.100946