Seroepidemiology of human plague in the Madagascar highlands
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Current epidemiology of human plague in Madagascar.
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine and International Health
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1360-2276,1365-3156
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00521.x