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    J. Sepulveda M.D., Ph.D. (Vice Minister of Health), H. Gomez-Dantes M.D. & M. Bronfman

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Sepulveda, J., Gomez-Dantes, H. & Bronfman, M. Cholera in the Americas: An overview. Infection 20, 243–248 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01710787

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