Arthropods and rickettsiae

Rickettsial Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 27-36

  Telford, Sam R ^a   Parola, Philippe ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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