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Editorial
. 2012 Jan 15;54(2):220-4.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cir795.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage--what's in your lungs?

Midori Kato-Maeda, Payam Nahid
Editorial

Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage--what's in your lungs?

Midori Kato-Maeda et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
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