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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York

    Kristin J. Kent MD

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  1. Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 02215, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Robert E. Antosia

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 02215, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Robert E. Antosia

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, 10019, New York, USA

    John D. Cahill

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Kent, K.J. (2006). Melioidosis. In: Antosia, R.E., Cahill, J.D. (eds) Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32804-1_35

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