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Review
. 2013 Aug;89(2):301-7.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0064.

Unresolved problems related to scrub typhus: a seriously neglected life-threatening disease

Daniel H Paris  1 , Thomas R Shelite, Nicholas P Day, David H Walker
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Review

Unresolved problems related to scrub typhus: a seriously neglected life-threatening disease

Daniel H Paris et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Aug.
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