Advances in Arbovirus Surveillance, Detection and Diagnosis
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1Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia. QLD 4072, Australia 2Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, 2116 Veterinary Medicine, Ames, IA 50011-1250, USA 3Arbovirus Surveillance and Research Laboratory, Discipline of Microbiology and Immunology M502, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia 4Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajavithi Road, Rajathawee District, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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دوره 2012 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012