New anti-infective strategies for treatment of tularemia
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1 Centre National de Référence des Francisella, Institut de Biologie et Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, Grenoble, France 2 Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Microorganismes, Université Joseph Fourier – Grenoble 1, Grenoble, France 3 Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Microorganismes, CNRS/UJF, UMR 5163, Grenoble, France *Correspondence: [email protected]
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