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Avian Influenza Surveillance with FTA Cards: Field Methods, Biosafety, and Transportation Issues Solved
Published on: August 2, 2011
Human cases of avian influenza in eastern Turkey: the weather factor
1European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Solna, Sweden. johan.giesecke@ecdc.eu.int
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