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Wagenaar, J. A., van Bergen, M. A. P., Blaser, M. J., Tauxe, R. V., Newell, D. G., & van Putten, J. P. M. (2014). Campylobacter fetus infections in humans: exposure and disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 58(11), 1579-86. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu085

Wagenaar, Jaap A ; van Bergen, Marcel A P ; Blaser, Martin J et al. / Campylobacter fetus infections in humans : exposure and disease. In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014 ; Vol. 58, No. 11. pp. 1579-86.

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Wagenaar, JA, van Bergen, MAP, Blaser, MJ, Tauxe, RV, Newell, DG & van Putten, JPM 2014, 'Campylobacter fetus infections in humans: exposure and disease', Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 1579-86. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu085

Campylobacter fetus infections in humans: exposure and disease. / Wagenaar, Jaap A; van Bergen, Marcel A P; Blaser, Martin J et al.
In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 58, No. 11, 06.2014, p. 1579-86.

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Wagenaar JA, van Bergen MAP, Blaser MJ, Tauxe RV, Newell DG, van Putten JPM. Campylobacter fetus infections in humans: exposure and disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014 Jun;58(11):1579-86. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu085