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. 2005 Nov;11(11):1804-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid1111.050852.

African tick-bite fever in French travelers

Paul H Consigny, Jean-Marc Rolain, Daniel Mizzi, Didier Raoult

African tick-bite fever in French travelers

Paul H Consigny et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Nov.
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