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Research Article

Recrudescent Typhus: Fluctuations in Titers of Complement-Fixing and Microagglutinating Antibodies to Rickettsia Prowazeki in Persons with a History of Epidemic Typhus

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Pages 215-222 | Published online: 02 Jan 2015

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