Human West Nile Virus Infection in Eastern
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Tatjana Vilibić-Čavlek1, Iva Pem-Novosel2, Ira Gjenero-Margan2, Nenad Pandak3, Ljiljana Perić4, Ljubo Barbić5, Karlo Kožul6, Eddy Listeš7, Pavle Jeličić8, Vladimir Stevanović5, Giovanni Savini9 1Department of Virology, Croatian National Institute of Public Health; School of Medicine University of Zagreb; 2Epidemiology Service, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb; 3Department of Infectious Diseases, General Hospital “Dr Josip Benčević”, Slavonski Brod; 4Department of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Hospital Centre Osijek; 5Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases with Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb; 6Osijek-Baranja County Institute of Public Health, Osijek; 7Croatian Veterinary Institute, Regional Veterinary Institute Split; 8Ecology Service, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb; 9National Reference Center for West Nile Disease, Istituto G. Caporale Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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تاریخ انتشار 2013