Emergence and disappearance of a virulent clone of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius, cause of Brazilian purpuric fever.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Rev on October 01, 2008

Authors

Lee H Harrison1, Vera Simonsen, Eliseu A Waldman

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and School ofMedicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA. lharriso@edc.pitt.edu

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