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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Outbreak of tularaemia in Golcuk, Turkey in 2005: Report of 5 cases and an overview of the literature from Turkey

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Pages 712-716 | Received 29 Mar 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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