Nasopharyngeal carriage and susceptibility patterns of Streptococcu Pneumoniae in Kumasi, Ghana
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عنوان ژورنال: West African Journal of Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0189-160X
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v21i3.28038