ROTAVIRUS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS IN ADULTS
✍ Scribed by Von Bonsdorff, C.-H.; Hovi, T.; Måkelå, P.; Hovi, L.; Tevalvoto-Aarnio, M.
- Book ID
- 123390681
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 308
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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