Higher Viral Load of Emerging Norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 than Pandemic GII.4 and Epidemic GII.17, Hong Kong, China
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2501.180395