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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 97, 2003 - Issue 8
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A sero-epidemiological study of Rickettsia typhi infection in dogs from Soria province, central Spain

L. LledóDepartamento de Microbiología y ParasitologíaUniversidad de Alcalá, CarreteraMadrid-Barcelona Km 33.6, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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M. I. GegúndezDepartamento de Microbiología y ParasitologíaUniversidad de Alcalá, CarreteraMadrid-Barcelona Km 33.6, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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J. L. SerranoServicio Territorial de Sanidad y Bienestar Social de Soria, Calle Nicolás Rabal 7, 42003 Soria, Spain
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J. V. SazDepartamento de Microbiología y ParasitologíaUniversidad de Alcalá, CarreteraMadrid-Barcelona Km 33.6, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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M. BeltránDepartamento de Microbiología y ParasitologíaUniversidad de Alcalá, CarreteraMadrid-Barcelona Km 33.6, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Pages 861-864 | Published online: 11 Dec 2013

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