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. 1957 Jun;55(2):149–191. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400037098

A comparison of the virulence for European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) of strains of myxoma virus recovered in the field in Australia, Europe and America*

Frank Fenner, I D Marshall
PMCID: PMC2217926  PMID: 13439170

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