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Case Reports
. 2010 Jun;16(6):1040-1.
doi: 10.3201/eid1606.100080.

Lassa fever, Nigeria, 2005-2008

Deborah U Ehichioya, Meike Hass, Stephan Olschläger, Beate Becker-Ziaja, Christian O Onyebuchi Chukwu, Jide Coker, Abdulsalam Nasidi, Osi Ogbu Ogugua, Stephan Günther, Sunday A Omilabu
Case Reports

Lassa fever, Nigeria, 2005-2008

Deborah U Ehichioya et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jun.
No abstract available

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