Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis
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Dance, D.A.; Limmathurotsakul, D. Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3010013
Dance DA, Limmathurotsakul D. Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2018; 3(1):13. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3010013
Chicago/Turabian StyleDance, David AB, and Direk Limmathurotsakul. 2018. "Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 3, no. 1: 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3010013