Climate‑Driven Shifts in Crimean‑Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Epidemiology in Kazakhstan
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.5327 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Page range: 73 - 73
Submitted on: Apr 28, 2026
Accepted on: Jul 3, 2026
Published on: Jul 24, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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