Molecular detection of Bartonella species in rodents from the Lao PDR
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Université de la Méditerranée, URMITE UMR 6236, CNRS-IRD, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France, NAFRI, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Lao PDR, Vientiane, Lao PDR, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, Australia, Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, UK, and Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, Australia
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