Estimates and prevention of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever risks for health-care workers

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 281-294

  Tarantola, Arnaud ^a   Ergonul, Onder ^b   Tattevin, Pierre ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

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EID: 84890181992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6106-6_21     Document Type: Chapter

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