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  1. Tropical Medicine Department, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, C/-American Embassy, Cairo, Egypt

    Z. Farid,  W. F. Miner &  A. Hassan

  2. Abbassia Fever Hospital, Ministry of Public Health, Cairo, Egypt

    Z. Farid,  W. F. Miner &  A. Hassan

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Farid, Z., Miner, W.F. & Hassan, A. Enteric Fever in Egypt. Drugs 9, 247–250 (1975). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-197509040-00004

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