Infectious agents in immunodeficient murine models: pathogenicity of Nocardia asteroides in congenitally athymic (nude) and hereditarily asplenic (Dh/+) mice.

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Published in Infect Immun on May 01, 1978

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B L Beaman, M E Gershwin, S Maslan

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