Risk mapping of scrub typhus infections in Qingdao city, China
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Spring Scrub Typhus, People’s Republic of China
Mathias W.R. Pletz,*†1 Randolph V. Fugit,‡1 Lesley McGee,* Jeffery J. Glasheen,§ Darcie L. Keller,¶ Tobias Welte,† and Keith P. Klugman*# *Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ‡Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA; §University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA; ¶Univ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008757