Tick-borne encephalitis joins the diseases under surveillance in the European Union

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 42, 2012, Pages

  Amato Gauci, A J ^a   Zeller, H ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

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EID: 84868148481     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
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