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Bats in the belfry or bugs in the brain: Is mental illness an infection?

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Lorber, B. Bats in the belfry or bugs in the brain: Is mental illness an infection?. Curr Infect Dis Rep 6, 341–342 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-004-0028-z

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