Hepatitis viruses

Emerging Foodborne Pathogens

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 282-308

  Cook, N ^a   Rzezutka, A ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

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DOI: 10.1533/9781845691394.2.282     Document Type: Chapter

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