Listeriosis

Listeria Monocytogenes: Pathogenesis and Host Response

Volumn 9780387493763, Issue , 2007, Pages 13-32

  Lorber, Bennett ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49376-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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