Assessing human risk of exposure to plague bacteria in northwestern Uganda based on remotely sensed predictors.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

• Publication date

  2010-05-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0737PMID 20439974PMCID PMC2861378
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