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On the presence of viruses of the American equine encephalomyelitis in Central Europe

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A critical view is given of the publications on the viruses isolated in Czechoslovakia and Poland and classified as agents of the arbovirus group A, especially from the eastern type of equine encephalomyelitis.

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    von Sprockhoff, H., Ising, E. On the presence of viruses of the American equine encephalomyelitis in Central Europe. Archiv f Virusforschung 34, 371–380 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01242984

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