A survey of ixodid ticks feeding on cattle and molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii from ticks in Southeast Iran
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Omid GHASHGHAEI, Saeid Reza NOUROLLAHI-FARD*, Mohammad KHALILI, Hamid SHARIFI Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran Department of Pathobiology, Research Center of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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