Spatiotemporal transmission and clustering of enterovirus 71 subgenotype B5 in Taiwan, 2007–2012
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1341