TYPHUS FEVER: OBSERVATIONS ON A SEROLOGICAL TEST WEIL-FELIX REACTION.)
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A Note on the Serological Diagnosis of Typhus by the Weil-Felix Reaction
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1918
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)95798-2