“studies in pyroplasmosis hominis (‘spotted fever’ or ‘tick fever’ of the rocky mountains)” by louis b. wilson and william m. chowning

Reviews of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1979, Pages 559-562

  Ormsbee, Richard A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; MONTANA; PATHOLOGY; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

EID: 0018465542     PISSN: 01620886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/1.3.559     Document Type: Article

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