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In 1881, the year James Garfield, and after he was shot, Chester A. Arthur, were inaugurated as president of the United States of America, in Göttingen, Germany, Professor Ribbert had to investigate the body of a syphilitic stillborn.
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Halwachs-Baumann, G. (2011). Long known, long ignored — a brief history of cytomegalovirus research. In: Halwachs-Baumann, G. (eds) Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0208-4_1
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