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Field rats form a major infection source of leptospirosis in and around Madurai, India

Priya C G, Hoogendijk K T, Berg MVD, Rathinam S R, Ahmed A, Muthukkaruppan V R, Hartskeerl R A

Year : 2007| Volume: 53| Issue : 4 | Page no: 236-240

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