Other rickettsiae of possible or undetermined pathogenicity

Rickettsial Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 163-178

  Mediannikov, Oleg ^a,b   Paddock, Christopher D ^c   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b GAMALEYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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