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  1. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey

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    Mauro Bendinelli

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Yumuk, Z. (2005). Brucella Infection and Ethanol. In: Friedman, H., Klein, T.W., Bendinelli, M. (eds) Infectious Diseases and Substance Abuse. Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48688-1_14

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