Urban villages as transfer stations for dengue fever epidemic: A case study in the Guangzhou, China
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007350