Detection of Legionnaires disease bacteria by direct immunofluorescent staining

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• Publication year

  1978

• Venue

  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

• Publication date

  1978-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1128/jcm.8.3.329-338.1978PMID 359594PMCID PMC275241
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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