Isolation and morphotyping of Acanthamoeba spp. and Vermamoeba spp. from hospital air-conditioning systems
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عنوان ژورنال: Cumhuriyet Medical Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1305-0028
DOI: 10.7197/cmj.v39i1.5000194070