Human herpesvirus-8 in northwestern China: epidemiology and characterization among blood donors
✍ Scribed by Xing Wang; Bin He; Zhaoxia Zhang; Tao Liu; Hui Wang; Xu Li; Qiong Zhang; Ke Lan; Xiaomei Lu; Hao Wen
- Book ID
- 119908466
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 551 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1743-422X
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