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Case Reports
. 2006 Aug;12(8):1301-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1208.060044.

Rat-bite fever, Canada

Michael E Schachter, Lindsay Wilcox, Neil Rau, Deborah Yamamura, Shirley Brown, Christine H Lee
Case Reports

Rat-bite fever, Canada

Michael E Schachter et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Aug.
No abstract available

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