Yellow Fever-More a Policy and Planning Problem than a Biological One
Charles H Calisher, John P Woodall, Charles H Calisher, John P Woodall
No abstract availableKeywords: Aedes aegypti; Angola; Asia; China; arbovirus; dose-sparing; epidemic; epidemiology; mosquitoes; outbreak; policy and planning; vaccination; viruses; yellow fever; yellow fever vaccine; yellow fever viruses.
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