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Detection of distinct MERS-Coronavirus strains in dromedary camels from Kenya, 2017

EMERGING MICROBES & INFECTIONS (2018)

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EMERGING MICROBES & INFECTIONS

Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1038/s41426-018-0193-z

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations project - United States Agency for International Development (USAID) [OSRO/GLO/505/USA]
Centre for International Migration and Development, Germany [81195004]
EU [115760, 643476]

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