Outbreak of verotoxin producing E.coli O157 infections involving over forty schools in south Wales, September 2005
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عنوان ژورنال: Weekly releases (1997–2007)
سال: 2005
ISSN: 9999-1233
DOI: 10.2807/esw.10.40.02804-en