West Nile Virus Meningoencephalitis Imported into Germany
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West Nile Virus Meningoencephalitis Imported into Germany
Author affi liations: Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Ste. Clotilde, La Réunion, France (E. Lagadec, Y. Gomard, V. Guernier, M. Dietrich, H. Pascalis, S. Temmam, P. Tortosa, K. Dellagi); Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France (E. Lagadec, S. Temmam); Université de La Réunion, St. Clotilde (M. Dietrich, P. Tortosa); Université d’Antananarivo, A...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1810.120204