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The influence of soil on infectious disease

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‘... the regions in the Aveyron, where we find anthrax, have a calcareous clay soil, and the parts where anthrax is unknown have a schistose or granite soil.’ (L. Pasteur37)

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Weinberg, E.D. The influence of soil on infectious disease. Experientia 43, 81–87 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01940358

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