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Cat Scratch Disease and Arthropod Vectors: More to it than a Scratch?

Mark Mosbacher, Sean P. Elliott, Ziad Shehab, Jacob L. Pinnas, John H. Klotz and Stephen A. Klotz
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2010, 23 (5) 685-686; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.05.100025

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