Epidemiology of European Lyme borreliosis

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-240

  O'Connell, S ^a   Granstrom M ^a   Gray, J S ^a   Stanek, G ^a  

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EID: 0032031846     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80124-2     Document Type: Article

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