Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the Balkans

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 75-88

  Avšič Županc, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 84919840879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6106-6_7     Document Type: Chapter

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