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Detection of chromosomal- and plasmid-encoded virulence-associated epidemiological markers in Yersinia enterocolitica strains isolated from clinical cases

A comparative study

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  1. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Medical School of Athens, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou, Anastassios Ioannidis & Chryssoula Nicolaou

  2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Thriassio General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Zinovia Kyriazi & Eleftheria Trikka-Graphakos

  3. Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Nicholaos J. Legakis

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Chatzipanagiotou, S., Kyriazi, Z., Ioannidis, A. et al. Detection of chromosomal- and plasmid-encoded virulence-associated epidemiological markers in Yersinia enterocolitica strains isolated from clinical cases. CNS Drugs 8, 131–132 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03260056

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