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Isolation ofBrucella melitensis from human sperm

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    B. Vandercam & F. Zech

  2. Department of Microbiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    C. Bughin, J. Gigi & G. Wauters

  3. Department of Andrology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    S. de Cooman

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Vandercam, B., Zech, F., de Cooman, S. et al. Isolation ofBrucella melitensis from human sperm. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 9, 303–304 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01968069

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