Biology and epidemiology of scabies

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-180

  Burgess, Ian F ^a  

^a Medical Entomology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENOME; MITE; SCABIES; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL;

EID: 0032816667     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199906000-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

References (23)

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