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An urgent call for infectious diseases specialists

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  1. Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    G. Fätkenheuer

  2. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    W. V. Kern

  3. Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    B. Salzberger

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Fätkenheuer, G., Kern, W.V. & Salzberger, B. An urgent call for infectious diseases specialists. Infection 44, 269–270 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-016-0886-y

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