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Harriet N Muloki1,2, Joseph Erume2, David O Owiny2

  • 1Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Gulu University. P. O. Box 166, Gulu, Uganda.

African Health Sciences
|July 7, 2018
PubMed
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Keywords:
BrucellosisUgandafeverhumanprevalencezoonosis

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