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Discovery of New Intracellular Pathogens by Amoebal Coculture and Amoebal Enrichment Approaches
Published on: October 27, 2013
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Katharina Last1, Jacob Bodilsen2, Inmaculada Lopez Montesinos3
1Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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