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Original Research Articles

Introduction and persistence of tularemia in Bulgaria

Kerstin MyrtennäsDepartment of CBRN Defence and Security, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Umeå, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD,
Krustyu MarinovDepartment of Microbiology, Military Medical Academy (MMA), Sofia, Bulgaria
(Ass. Prof. MD) ,
Anders JohanssonDepartments of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Bacteriology, and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
, MD, PhD,
Marcin NiemcewiczBiological Threat Identification Center, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (MIHE), Pulawy, Poland
, DVM, PhD,
Edvin KarlssonDepartment of CBRN Defence and Security, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Umeå, Sweden
, MSc,
Mona ByströmDepartment of CBRN Defence and Security, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Umeå, Sweden
, MSc &
Mats ForsmanDepartment of CBRN Defence and Security, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Umeå, Sweden
(Ass. Prof. PhD) show all
Article: 32838 | Received 08 Jul 2016, Accepted 20 Sep 2016, Published online: 27 Oct 2016

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