Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans isolated from the domestic dog for the first time in Japan.
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537-0025; Osaka Prefectural Dog Management Office, Osaka 537-0025; Food Safety Promotion Division, Department of Public Health and Welfare, Osaka Prefectural Government, Osaka 540-8570; and Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Japanese journal of infectious diseases
دوره 62 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009