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Case Reports
. 2014 Dec;20(12):2164-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid2012.140902.

HIV-associated disseminated emmonsiosis, Johannesburg, South Africa

Wesley G van Hougenhouck-Tulleken, Nectarios S Papavarnavas, Jeremy S Nel, Lauren Y Blackburn, Nelesh P Govender, David C Spencer, Christopher K Lippincott
Case Reports

HIV-associated disseminated emmonsiosis, Johannesburg, South Africa

Wesley G van Hougenhouck-Tulleken et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Dec.
No abstract available

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