Poor housing quality increases risk of rodent infestation and Lassa fever in refugee camps of Sierra Leone.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

• Publication date

  2007-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4269/AJTMH.2007.77.169PMID 17620650
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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