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. 1987 Mar;126(3):599–601.

Syphilis in the Syrian hamster. A model of human venereal and congenital syphilis.

A Kajdacsy-Balla, A Howeedy, O Bagasra
PMCID: PMC1899634  PMID: 3826303

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Selected References

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