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Dedicated to Prof. Dr.R. Doerr on his 80th birthday.

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Meyer, K.F., Eddie, B. Human pneumonitis viruses and their classification. Archiv f Virusforschung 4, 579–590 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01242025

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