Mycobacterium Fortuitum Infection Interference with Mycobacterium Bovis Diagnostics: Natural Infection Cases and a Pilot Experimental Infection
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1040-6387,1943-4936
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000415