Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia massiliae in Ivory Coast, Africa
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Rickettsia massiliae Human Isolation
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02273.x