Typhoid fever epidemic in ancient Athens

Paleomicrobiology: Past Human Infections

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 161-173

  Papagrigorakis, Manolis J ^a   Yapijakis, Christos ^b   Synodinos, Philippos N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 84876007664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75855-6_10     Document Type: Chapter

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