Brazilian spotted fever: The role of capybaras

Capybara: Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species

Volumn 9781461440000, Issue , 2013, Pages 371-383

  Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4000-0_23     Document Type: Chapter

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