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. 1997 Nov;35(11):2715–2727. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2715-2727.1997

Laboratory diagnosis of rickettsioses: current approaches to diagnosis of old and new rickettsial diseases.

B La Scola 1, D Raoult 1
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