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Prevalence of antibodies to Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia typhi and Coxiella burnetii in Mauritania

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  1. Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hopital Houphouët - Boigny, Marseille, France

    Mohamadou Niang, Philippe Parola & Philippe Brouqui

  2. Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UPRES A 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranèe, Marseille, France

    Hervé Tissot-Dupont & Didier Raoult

  3. Central Laboratory, Hospital of Nouackchott, Mauritania

    Lô Baidi

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Niang, M., Parola, P., Tissot-Dupont, H. et al. Prevalence of antibodies to Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia typhi and Coxiella burnetii in Mauritania. Eur J Epidemiol 14, 817–818 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007571412030

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