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STUDIES ON THE TOXIN PRODUCTION OF THE SHIGA BACILLI

E Waaler1

  • 1Bacteriological Laboratory of the Norwegian Army, Oslo, Norway.

The Journal of Experimental Medicine
|October 30, 2009
PubMed

Keywords:
bacterial pathogenesisantitoxin developmentpathological anatomyimmunological response

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