Erratum: Expression of Concern: Rickettsia Species in African Anopheles Mosquitoes (PLoS ONE (2012) 7:10 (e48254) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048254);Rickettsia Species in African Anopheles Mosquitoes

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Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Pages, Frédéric ^b   Ndiath, Mamadou O ^c   Ratmanov, Pavel ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Association Nature Océan Indien   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

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EID: 84868120558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278001     Document Type: Erratum

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