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Practice-Based Research Network Partnership with CDC to Acquire Clinical Specimens to Study the Etiology of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI)

Meagan F. Vaughn, Philip D. Sloane, Kyle Knierim, Dax Varkey, Mark A. Pilgard and Barbara J. B. Johnson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2010, 23 (6) 720-727; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100098
Meagan F. Vaughn
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2010, 23 (6) 720-727; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100098

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2010, 23 (6) 720-727; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100098
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