Outbreak of scrub typhus in central India
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2581-4753,2581-4761
DOI: 10.18231/j.ijmmtd.2019.024