Experimental plague infection in South African wild rodents
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Experimental infection with western equine encephalomyelitis virus in wild rodents indigenous to Kern County, California.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hygiene
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0022-1724
DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400065943