Rickettsia felis: molecular characterization of a new member of the spotted fever group.

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

• Publication date

  2001-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1099/00207713-51-2-339PMID 11321078
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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