Diagnosis of acute respiratory tract infections: Serology and new methods

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  Mauch, Harald ^a  

^a Institute for Microbiology Immunology and Laboratory Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Chlamydia; DNA techniques; Legionella; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003081425     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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