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Case Reports
. 2009 Nov;15(11):1864-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1511.090148.

Leishmania killicki imported from Tunisian desert

Danièle Maubon, Celine Thurot Guillou, Christophe Ravel, Marie-Thérèse Leccia, Hervé Pelloux
Case Reports

Leishmania killicki imported from Tunisian desert

Danièle Maubon et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov.
No abstract available

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