Interest of LQAS method in a survey of HTLV-I infection in Benin (West Africa)
✍ Scribed by Dismand Houinato; Pierre-Marie Preux; Bénédicte Charriere; Bruno Massit; Gilbert Avodé; François Denis; Michel Dumas; Fernand Boutros-Toni; Roger Salamon
- Book ID
- 117597080
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-4356
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