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Comparative Incidence of Acute Q Fever in Two Ethnic Groups in Israel

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Acknowledgements

We are indebted to Avi Keysary, PhD, from the Israeli National Reference Centre for Rickettsioses, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness Ziona, for his cooperation in providing the laboratory data, and Phyllis Curchack Kornspan for her secretarial and editing services.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine C and Infectious Diseases, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petach Tivkah, Israel 49100

    J. Bishara, S. Pitlik & D. Hershkovitz

  2. The Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel 84101

    P. Yagupsky

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Bishara, J., Pitlik, S., Yagupsky, P. et al. Comparative Incidence of Acute Q Fever in Two Ethnic Groups in Israel. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 23, 224–225 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-003-1095-z

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