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Rat-Bite Fever? A Reply to Clement et al.

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  1. Department of Virology, Institute for Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Frohbergstrasse 3, 9001, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    D. Schultze

  2. Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 17182 Solna, Sweden

    Å. Lundkvist

  3. Research Laboratory for Vector-Borne Diseases and National Reference Center for Hantavirus Infections, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Bruynstraat 2, 1120, Brussels, Belgium

    P. Heyman

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Schultze, D., Lundkvist, Å. & Heyman, P. Rat-Bite Fever? A Reply to Clement et al.. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 22, 334–335 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-003-0922-6

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