Dolphin Morbillivirus: a lethal but valuable infection model

Emerging Microbes and Infections

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Di Guardo, Giovanni ^a   Mazzariol, Sandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 84899092274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22221751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emi.2013.74     Document Type: Note

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