Toward an understanding of the perpetuation of the agent of tularemia

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue JAN, 2011, Pages

  Telford III, Sam R ^a   Goethert, Heidi K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Ecology; Perpetuation; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052307244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2010.00150     Document Type: Article

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