Retrospective diagnosis of a 1983 case of fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
β Scribed by SherifR. Zaki; RobertC. Albers; PatriciaW. Greer; LisaM. Coffield; LoriR. Armstrong; AliS. Khan; Rima Khabbaz; ClarenceJ. Peters
- Book ID
- 118554106
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 326 KB
- Volume
- 343
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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