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. 2010 Feb;16(2):356-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1602.090998.

Using museum collections to detect pathogens

C Miguel Pinto, B Dnate Baxter, J Delton Hanson, Francisca M Mendez-Harclerode, John R Suchecki, Mario J Grijalva, Charles F Fulhorst, Robert D Bradley

Using museum collections to detect pathogens

C Miguel Pinto et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Feb.
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