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. 2003 Jul;9(7):892-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid0907.030109.

Israeli spotted fever Rickettsia in Sicilian Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks

Giovanni M Giammanco, Serafino Mansueto, Pietro Ammatuna, Giustina Vitale

Israeli spotted fever Rickettsia in Sicilian Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks

Giovanni M Giammanco et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Jul.
No abstract available

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