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. 1996 Jul-Sep;2(3):217–221. doi: 10.3201/eid0203.960309

An outbreak of spotted fever rickettsiosis in U.S. Army troops deployed to Botswana.

B L Smoak 1, J B McClain 1, J F Brundage 1, L Broadhurst 1, D J Kelly 1, G A Dasch 1, R N Miller 1
PMCID: PMC2626803  PMID: 8903233

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