Trends of Community-Acquired Infectious Diarrhea and Traveler's Diarrhea
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From the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. (N.M.T.); and the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health and the Center for Global Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (R.L.G.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Guerrant at the Center for ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nippon Daicho Komonbyo Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0047-1801,1882-9619
DOI: 10.3862/jcoloproctology.71.435