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Could seafarers serve as medium of transmission of resistant bacteria?
Affiliations- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Ihiala, Nigeria
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Could seafarers serve as medium of transmission of resistant bacteria?
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310-311
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2021-12-30
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DOI
10.5603/IMH.2021.0058
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IMH 2021;72(4):310-311.
Authors
Iyiola Olatunji Oladunjoye
Yusuf Amuda Tajudeen
Christian Tochukwu Agboeze
Joy Ginika Ikebuaso
Adebisi Yusuff Adebayo
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