Current knowledge on Chlamydia pneumoniae, strain TWAR, an important cause of pneumonia and other acute respiratory diseases.

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Published in Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis on March 01, 1989

Authors

J T Grayston1, S P Wang, C C Kuo, L A Campbell

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1: Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

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