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Imported Brucellosis In The Era Of Dramatically Increasing Immigrants And Foreign Travelers From Endemic Areas: Occupational Hazards Of Secondary Infection Among Laboratory Technicians In A Nonendemic Country

Takahiko Fukuchi1 Division of General Medicine, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Omiya, Saitama, Japan;2 Division of General Internal Medicine, Fukaya Red Cross Hospital, Fukaya, Saitama, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nobue Yanagihara3 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fukaya Red Cross Hospital, Fukaya, Saitama, Japan
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Koichi Imaoka4 Laboratory of Reservoir Control of Zoonoses, Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5869-2201
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Hitoshi Sugawara1 Division of General Medicine, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Omiya, Saitama, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5060-9020
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Pages 313-317 | Published online: 21 Oct 2019

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