Infections on cruise ships

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Kak, Vivek ^a  

^a Allegiance Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; MANPOWER; SHIP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION; SHIPS; TRAVEL;

EID: 85001720147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0007-2015     Document Type: Article

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