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. 1999 Dec 1;40(4):351–354. doi: 10.1186/BF03547014

A Case of Ovine Tick-Borne Fever in December in Norway

S Stuen 1,✉, E Olsson Engvall 2, B Brändström 2, J Slettebø 3
PMCID: PMC8043134  PMID: 10918904

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