Fever in a 20-Year-Old Returned Traveler
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Fever in a returned traveler: an "off the cuff" diagnosis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis837