Laboratory investigation of hemorrhagic colitis outbreaks associated with a rare Escherichia coli serotype.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on September 01, 1983

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J G Wells, B R Davis, I K Wachsmuth, L W Riley, R S Remis, R Sokolow, G K Morris

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