Clonal analysis of EPEC serogroups

Revista de Microbiologia

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 7-16

  Whittam, Thomas S ^a   McGraw, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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