Human plague outbreak in two villages, Yunnan Province, China, 2005

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1115-1119

  Yin, Jiaxiang ^a,b,d   Dong, X Q ^a   Liang, Y ^a   Wang, P ^a   Siriarayaporn, P ^b   Thaikruea, L ^c  

^a Yunnan Institute of Endemic Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^d Yunnan Institute of Endemic Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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EID: 37849002598     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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