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Prevalence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in North-Eastern Poland

Karol BorawskiDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland ;View further author information
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Justyna DunajDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland ;View further author information
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Piotr CzuprynaDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland ;View further author information
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Sławomir PancewiczDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland ;View further author information
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Renata ŚwierzbińskaDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland ;View further author information
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Agnieszka ŻebrowskaRegional Blood Center, Bialystok, PolandView further author information
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Anna Moniuszko-MalinowskaDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland ;Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 810-814 | Received 09 Jun 2019, Accepted 22 Aug 2019, Published online: 09 Sep 2019

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