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Letter to the editor of infection in response to de Francesco et al., a cluster of invasive listeriosis in Brescia, Italy

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    Mirella Pontello, Maria Gori, Giulia Ciceri & Ettore Amato

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Pontello, M., Gori, M., Ciceri, G. et al. Letter to the editor of infection in response to de Francesco et al., a cluster of invasive listeriosis in Brescia, Italy. Infection 44, 819–821 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-016-0931-x

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