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. 1955 Aug;45(8):1036–1048. doi: 10.2105/ajph.45.8.1036

A Review of Experience with an Avirulent Strain of R. prowazeki (Strain E) as a Living Agent for Immunizing Man Against Epidemic Typhus

John P Fox
PMCID: PMC1623104  PMID: 13238649

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