Investigation of an outbreak of listeriosis: new hypotheses for the etiology of epidemic Listeria monocytogenes infections.

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Published in J Infect Dis on April 01, 1989

Authors

B Schwartz1, D Hexter, C V Broome, A W Hightower, R B Hirschhorn, J D Porter, P S Hayes, W F Bibb, B Lorber, D G Faris

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1: Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.

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