Global rinderpest eradication: lessons learned and why humans should celebrate too.
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David M. Morens,1 Edward C. Holmes,3,4 A. Sally Davis,2 and Jeffery K. Taubenberger2 1Office of the Director, 2Viral Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and 3Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and 4Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of infectious diseases
دوره 204 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011