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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 18, 1986 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Antitoxin Antibody Levels and the Outcome of Illness during an Outbreak of Diphtheria among Alcoholics

Bengt Björkholm Department of Infectious Diseases, Östra Hospital, Göteborg
,
Margareta Böttiger Department of Epidemiology, National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Brith Christenson Department of Epidemiology, National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
&
Lars Hagberg Department of Infectious Diseases, Östra Hospital, Göteborg
Pages 235-239 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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