Laboratory-acquired brucellosis - Indiana and Minnesota, 2006

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 39-42

  Griffith, J ^a,c   Sullivan, M ^a,c   Howell, J ^b,c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c CDC ^*

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EID: 38949090336     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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