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Volume 4, Number 4—December 1998
Perspective

Ecologic Studies of Rodent Reservoirs: Their Relevance for Human Health

James N. MillsComments to Author  and James E. Childs
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Figure 3

Distribution of the corn mouse, Calomys musculinus (dots; 20), and disease-endemic area of Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF) (shaded).

Figure 3. Distribution of the corn mouse, Calomys musculinus (dots; 20), and disease-endemic area of Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF) (shaded).

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