Congo Crimean hemorrhagic fever in Balochistan

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 543-545

  Durrani, Abdul Baqi ^a   Shaikh, Muzaffar ^b   Khan, Zahir ^a  

^a BOLAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Congo crimean hemorrhagic fever; Pattern; Viral hemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349655309     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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