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Comment
. 2016 Feb;94(2):480-481.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0777a.

Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli May Account for Uncultured Shigella

Iruka N Okeke  1 , Aaron O Aboderin  2 , Japheth A Opintan  3
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Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli May Account for Uncultured Shigella

Iruka N Okeke et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Feb.
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    Nataro J, Stine OC. Nataro J, et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Feb;94(2):482. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0777b. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016. PMID: 26843612 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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