Evaluating the risk of tick‐borne relapsing fever among occupational cavers—Austin, TX, 2017
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عنوان ژورنال: Zoonoses and Public Health
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1863-1959,1863-2378
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12588