The epidemic of Athens, 430 - 426 BC

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-53

  Retief, Francois P ^a   Cilliers, Louise ^b  

^a University of the Orange Free State ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIC; GREECE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PLAGUE; SMALLPOX; SYMPTOM; TYPHUS;

ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREECE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PLAGUE; SMALLPOX; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE;

EID: 0031951689     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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