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. 1957 Oct;74(4):425–431. doi: 10.1128/jb.74.4.425-431.1957

EFFECTS OF CORTISONE ON EXPERIMENTAL MURINE TYPHUS II.

Effect of Cortisone on the Comparative Susceptibility of Laboratory Animals to Infection with Murine Typhus1

Carrie E Whitmire a,2, Cora M Downs a
PMCID: PMC289935  PMID: 13475263

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