Blastomycosis in Wisconsin: Beyond the Outbreaks
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Northern Wisconsin married couple infected with blastomycosis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Forensic Pathology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1925-3621,1925-3621
DOI: 10.23907/2017.014