Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Europe: clinical and laboratory findings for four patients from Slovenia.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on September 01, 1998

Authors

S Lotric-Furlan1, M Petrovec, T A Zupanc, W L Nicholson, J W Sumner, J E Childs, F Strle

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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