Introduction

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-11

  Ergonul, Onder ^a   Whitehouse, Chris A ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)   (United States)

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EID: 84919841758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6106-6_1     Document Type: Editorial

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