Localizing chronic Q fever: a challenging query.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on September 03, 2013

Authors

Dennis G Barten1, Corine E Delsing, Stephan P Keijmel, Tom Sprong, Janneke Timmermans, Wim J G Oyen, Marrigje H Nabuurs-Franssen, Chantal P Bleeker-Rovers

Author Affiliations

1: Radboud Expertise Centre for Q fever, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. C.Bleeker-Rovers@AIG.umcn.nl.

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