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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 9, 1977 - Issue 2
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Immunological Investigations of Meningococcal Disease: III. Brevity of Group C Acquisition Prior to Disease Occurrence

Earl A. Edwards Naval Health Research Center and the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No. Five, San Diego California, and the Naval Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, Illinois, USA
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Leonard F. Devine Naval Health Research Center and the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No. Five, San Diego California, and the Naval Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, Illinois, USA
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Craig H. Sengbusch Naval Health Research Center and the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No. Five, San Diego California, and the Naval Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, Illinois, USA
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Harold W. Ward Naval Health Research Center and the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No. Five, San Diego California, and the Naval Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, Illinois, USA
Pages 105-110 | Published online: 02 Jan 2015

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