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Published in: Infection 6/2014

01-12-2014 | Correspondence

So, if I travel to “Venezuela”, can I get coccidioidomycosis?

Authors: A. J. Rodriguez-Morales, C. E. Jiménez-Canizales, A. Mondragón-Cardona, A. Taype-Rondán, J. A. Vargas-Gandica

Published in: Infection | Issue 6/2014

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Metadata
Title
So, if I travel to “Venezuela”, can I get coccidioidomycosis?
Authors
A. J. Rodriguez-Morales
C. E. Jiménez-Canizales
A. Mondragón-Cardona
A. Taype-Rondán
J. A. Vargas-Gandica
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Infection / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-014-0687-0

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