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. 1989 Apr;2(Suppl):S49–S55. doi: 10.1128/cmr.2.suppl.s49

Molecular epidemiology of gonorrhea.

S K Sarafian 1, J S Knapp 1
PMCID: PMC358077  PMID: 2497963

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