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First Isolation of Virulent Yersinia enterocolitica O8, Biotype 1B in Germany

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  1. Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Pettenkoferstrasse 9a, 80336, Munich, Germany

    S. Schubert & J. Heesemann

  2. Nationales Referenzzentrum für Enteritiserreger, Hygiene Institut Hamburg, Marckmannstrasse 129a, 20539 , Hamburg, Germany

    J. Bockemühl

  3. Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Klinikum Bautzen-Bischofswerda, Flinzstrasse 1, 02625, Bautzen, Germany

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Schubert, S., Bockemühl, J., Brendler, U. et al. First Isolation of Virulent Yersinia enterocolitica O8, Biotype 1B in Germany. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 22, 66–68 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-002-0859-1

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