Insects in the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9157, 1999, Pages 986-

  Portaels, Françoise ^a   Elsen, Pierre ^a   Guimaraes Peres, Airton ^a   Fonteyne, Pierre Alain ^a   Meyers, Wayne M ^a  

^a B   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INSECT; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 0345004852     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)05177-0     Document Type: Article

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