Emerging viral infections
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Emerging and Re-emerging Viral Infections
Natural focal diseases are caused by biological agents associated withspecific landscapes. The natural focus of such diseases is defined as anynatural ecosystem containing the pathogen’s population as an essentialcomponent. In such context, the agent circulates independently on humanpresence, and humans may become accidentally infected through contact with vectors or reservoirs....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0272-2712
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2004.05.002