Etiologic agents of acute gastroenteritis among Japanese infants and children: Virus diversity and genetic analysis of sapovirus
β Scribed by T. G. Phan; T. A. Nguyen; S. Nishimura; T. Nishimura; A. Yamamoto; S. Okitsu; H. Ushijima
- Book ID
- 106210412
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Volume
- 150
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-8798
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