Tick-borne Encephalitis—still a serious disease?
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Modeling tick-borne disease: a metapopulation model.
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عنوان ژورنال: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0043-5341,1563-258X
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-012-0119-7