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  1. Arbeitsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Berliner Allee 6, D-79110, Freiburg

    H. M. Hasselhorn &  F. Hofmann

  2. Mittererstr. 3, D-80336, München, Germany

    F. W. Tiller (Gemeinschaftspraxis Labor/Mikrobiologie Drs. Bieger, Tiller, Koser-Kalkowski)

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Hasselhorn, H.M., Hofmann, F. & Tiller, F.W. Boostering antitoxic diphtheria immunity in adults. Infection 24, 168–169 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01713331

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