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Serological evidence of human infection with rickettsial strain Bar29 in Catalonia, northeastern Spain

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo grant FIS01/1082. “Red Española de Investigación en Patología Infecciosa—REIPI” (Spain) has partially supported this work. The study complies with the current laws of Spain.

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  1. Infectious Diseases Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain

    N. Cardeñosa, M. M. Nogueras, B. Font & F. Segura

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Corporació Sanitària del Parc Taulí, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain

    T. Muñoz

  3. UDIAT Diagnostic Centre, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain

    I. Sanfeliu

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Cardeñosa, N., Nogueras, M.M., Font, B. et al. Serological evidence of human infection with rickettsial strain Bar29 in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25, 541–543 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0176-1

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