An outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) caused by coxsackievirus A24 variant in Pakistan
β Scribed by Anis Khan; Salmaan Sharif; Shahzad Shaukat; Sheraz Khan; Sohail Zaidi
- Book ID
- 116968111
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 289 KB
- Volume
- 137
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-1702
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