Sealfinger and other infections transmitted from seals;Sælfinger og andre infektioner overførbare fra sæler

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 158, Issue 36, 1996, Pages 5015-5017

  Krag, Mette Louise ^b   Schenheyder, Henrik C ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FINGER INJURY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOCA; REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SEALS, EARLESS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 3042843328     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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