Human Anaplasmosis in Acute Febrile Patients during Scrub Typhus Season in Korea
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www.icjournal.org Human Anaplasmosis in Acute Febrile Patients during Scrub Typhus Season in Korea Myung-Jo You, Won-Il Kim, Ho-Seong Cho, Gee-Wook Shin, Jeong-Hwan Hwang, and Chang-Seop Lee Bio-safety Research Institute and College of Veterinary Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University; Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Chonbuk National University, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea Correspondence
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