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Klein, T.W., Newton, C., Yamamoto, Y., Freidman, H. (2002). Immune Responses to Legionella. In: Opportunistic Intracellular Bacteria and Immunity. Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46809-3_9
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