West Nile virus - Mosquitoes no longer just an annoyance!

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 267-270

  Moore, Dorothy ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECT BITE; MOSQUITO; REVIEW; SKIN PROTECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0043232772     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/8.5.267     Document Type: Review

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