Using Museum Collections to Detect Pathogens
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Using Museum Collections to Detect Pathogens
To the Editor: Natural history museum collections have evolved in recent years to meet the challenges of current and future interdisciplinary scientifi c studies. Many natural history museums have built tissue collections and made digital information (e.g., photographs, publications, geographic coordinates) freely available on the Internet. These collections provide endless opportunities to con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.090998